A new ad from Andy Beshear’s campaign hit the airwaves this week featuring a Republican who didn’t vote for the Kentucky governor in 2019 but is planning to this time. Beshear’s campaign is spending big this week, but so is a PAC supporting his opponent, Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron. In Beshear’s new ad, Jim, […]
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Daniel Cameron backs out of NKY’s Freedom Fest after pressure from Thomas Massie
Attorney General Daniel Cameron backed out of Eric Deters’ Freedom Fest after Northern Kentucky’s Congressman Rep. Thomas Massie questioned Cameron’s attendance at the event. The move comes after some have called Deters out for making disparaging comments and using racial slurs in videos that he posts on Youtube. “Daniel Cameron’s decision not to attend FreedomFest […]
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Attorney General says education department guidance issued over bill banning gender-affirming care is incorrect
A new opinion issued this week from the Kentucky Attorney General’s office says that guidance issued by the Kentucky Department of Education over how schools should implement a new law banning gender-affirming care is flawed. In early June, the education department changed some of its guidance over Senate Bill 150 — a sweeping bill that […]
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Here are the NKYians who donated to Adams, Wheatley campaigns in the past 30 days
Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams has far outraised his opponent, Democrat Charles “Buddy” Wheatley, but the former doesn’t have any Northern Kentucky donors in the latest report from the Kentucky Registry for Election Finance. Outside of the governor’s race, this Secretary of State’s race will be one of the most hotly contested races in […]
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Andy Beshear, Buddy Wheatley confirm Fancy Farm appearances
Gov. Andy Beshear and Secretary of State Candidate Charles “Buddy” Wheatley confirmed their appearance at Fancy Farm for the 142nd annual picnic hosted by St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in far western Kentucky. Both Republican candidates for those races — gubernatorial nominee and current Attorney General Daniel Cameron and incumbent Secretary of State Michael Adams — […]
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Here are the NKYians that donated to Beshear, Cameron campaigns in past 30 days
Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear and the Republican nominee, Daniel Cameron, filed their 30-day post-primary fundraising reports with the Kentucky Registry for Election Finance on June 19. Both campaigns of Beshear and Cameron are likely to kick into high gear in the next month or so, with both candidates already making visits to Northern Kentucky. Beshear […]
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The Frankfort LINK: Business owners face uncertain future over skill-games ban
Business owner Kama Reed is still determining how much longer she’ll own her business after a ban on skill games passed the Kentucky legislature in the spring and the law took effect on Thursday. The manufacturer of the games, Pace-O-Matic, sued the state over the ban, but the case is stuck in the court system […]
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Business owners face uncertain future due to skill-games ban
Business owner Kama Reed is still determining how much longer she’ll own her business after a ban on skill games passed the Kentucky legislature in the spring. The law took effect on Thursday. The manufacturer of the games, Pace-O-Matic, sued the state over the ban, but the case is stuck in the court system with […]
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What is gender affirming care?
In late May, Chris Hartman, the executive director of the Fairness Campaign in Kentucky, told a group at NKY Pride in Covington that the main portion of Senate Bill 150 focused on banning gender-affirming care. “Banning gender-affirming care, of course, is the crux of Senate Bill 150,” Hartman said in May. “They did take out mental […]
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Judge blocks ban on gender-affirming care for children
The parts of a new law set to take effect this week that bans gender-affirming care for children are blocked, at least for now, after a U.S. District Judge issued an injunction Wednesday. U.S. District Judge David Hale issued the injunction — which blocks the law until it can play out in court — in […]