Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Russell Coleman, the Republican candidate for attorney general, in an interview this week said he supports adding exceptions to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban in cases of rape and incest. Coleman, who is a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, has been endorsed by advocacy groups who […]
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Daniel Cameron campaigns in Wilder
With a little over one month to go until the Kentucky Governor’s election on Nov. 7, Republican nominee and current Attorney General Daniel Cameron made a stop to campaign in Northern Kentucky. Cameron, facing the incumbent governor and Democratic nominee Andy Beshear, was at the Wilder City Building to speak on themes from the COVID-19 […]
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Woman in Beshear’s abortion ad says she wants to give voice to victims
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Hadley Duvall, a 21-year-old from Owensboro, said speaking about her experience with sexual abuse amid debates on abortion rights is a calling for her. That’s why Duvall is appearing in an ad for Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection campaign. After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in […]
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Kentucky Supreme Court must weigh constitutionality of partisan gerrymanders
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether Republican-drawn U.S. and Kentucky House districts are gerrymandered and if that matters under the state constitution. Kentucky Democrats filed the lawsuit after the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly adopted the maps last year. Attorneys for the Democrats and the […]
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Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign
Written by Bruce Schreiner for the Associated Press Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has pushed his opposition to Kentucky’s abortion ban to the forefront of his reelection campaign by linking his Republican challenger to an extreme scenario of the strict law — requiring young victims of rape or incest to carry their pregnancies to term. Beshear’s […]
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Cameron touts income tax cuts, Medicaid work rules for some able-bodied adults in his economic pitch
Written by Bruce Schreiner for the Associated Press Republican Daniel Cameron pledged Wednesday to keep Kentucky on course toward eliminating its individual income tax if he is elected governor, saying his budget proposals would reflect an overarching goal of letting workers “keep more of their own money.” Cameron, the state’s attorney general, is trying to […]
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Kentucky Supreme Court hears oral arguments over ‘venue change’ bill
This week the Kentucky Supreme Court held oral arguments over a “venue change” bill that has put major legislation, including a law banning “gray” machines, on hold this summer. Franklin Circuit Court Judge Philip Shepherd requested the state’s highest court hear arguments over Senate Bill 126 after the plaintiffs in the “gray” machines lawsuit questioned […]
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More than 6,000 voters added to Kentucky voter rolls in July
Kentucky voter registration increased in July, with 6,149 new voters added. Most of those voters were registered independents, according to an announcement from the secretary of state’s office. “New voter registrations have now outpaced voter removals for the fifth straight month,” Secretary of State Michael Adams said. “In spite of, or perhaps because of, political […]
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State police union endorses Cameron for governor
The Kentucky State Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron for governor over incumbent Democrat Andy Beshear. In 2019, the group endorsed Beshear over incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. It also supported then-candidate Cameron for Attorney General. “Attorney General Cameron has been a friend to the FOP since the day he […]
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Court fight raises doubts about Cameron’s commitment to transparency
Written by Deborah Yetter for Kentucky Lantern Denied records it sought in 2020 from Attorney General Daniel Cameron about a Ballot Integrity Task Force he co-chairs, American Oversight, a national advocacy group, pressed on. And that set up an ongoing legal battle that open records advocates say was unnecessary and shows Cameron is unwilling to release even the […]
