The Republican Party of Kentucky’s 4th District ruled that the March and April meetings held by members of the Campbell County Republican Party to vote out their chair and treasurer were invalid. The meetings called on March 2 and April 13 were found to be invalid because Chair Anna Zinkhon did not call the meetings to order. Following the […]
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Cameron’s office asks FBI to investigate $202K refunds from Beshear’s campaign, Kentucky Dems
Written by Tom Loftus for Kentucky Lantern The office of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has asked the FBI to investigate circumstances surrounding controversial political contributions made to the reelection campaign of Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky Democratic Party last December. On Tuesday, Beshear’s campaign manager announced that the campaign and Democratic Party had refunded $202,000 […]
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State board votes to remove Kenton County elections board representative
The Kenton County Democrats succeeded in removing their representative to the county board of elections, but only after a Leslie County Republican helped them along the way. The State Board of Elections voted in favor of a request from the Kenton County Democrats to remove Sarah Rogers as the Democratic representative to the Kenton County […]
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Kentucky to stay in voter fraud system for another year while seeking alternatives
Written by Bruce Schreiner for the Associated Press Kentucky will remain in a multistate effort designed to ensure accurate voter lists for another year while looking for possible alternatives to detect voter fraud, the state’s chief election officer said Wednesday. Secretary of State Michael Adams weighed in on Kentucky’s future role in a partnership that […]
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Echoing history, reliance upon travel rises for abortion care post-Dobbs
Written by Kelcie Moseley-Morris for Kentucky Lantern When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Dobbs decision one year ago, people of childbearing age in states across the country suddenly faced what seemed like a new prospect — having to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles from home to get an abortion. But historians say […]
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The Frankfort LINK: Former NKY attorney Eric Deters ‘99%’ sure he’s going to run against Thomas Massie
Former Northern Kentucky Attorney Eric Deters said he’s “99%” sure he’ll run against Rep. Thomas Massie in the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District in 2024. Deters, fresh off running for the Republican nominee for Kentucky governor, sent out a Tweet and an email saying, “I will announce my decision to run against Thomas Massie […]
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Legislators receive overview on juvenile justice disparities
Written by the Legislative Research Commission During Tuesday’s joint meeting of the Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity and the Juvenile Justice Oversight Council, legislators and others received an overview on disparities within Kentucky’s juvenile justice system. Cortney Downs and Shannon Moody of Louisville-based Kentucky Youth Advocates presented statistics from the Kentucky Administrative Office […]
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Newport approves budget: ‘We use a very conservative approach, which has served us well’
The Newport Board of Commissioners approved the next fiscal year’s city budget at two special meetings Thursday and Friday of last week. The budget numbers and projections show an overall revenue increase and a continued building up of the city’s reserves, which city staff touted as a benefit of a self-described fiscally conservative approach to […]
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NKY educators among education stakeholders to meet on accountability standard-setting
A few NKY educators are among a group of education stakeholders and policymakers that will gather in Frankfort on June 22 and 23 to participate in a part of the accountability standard-setting process. The meeting will allow the educators to provide recommendations for cut scores — a cut score provides thresholds between performance levels — […]
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Drug deaths drop in Kentucky, but fentanyl still rages
The number of drug overdose deaths dropped in Kentucky last year, according to the most recent report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. But deaths from fentanyl and methamphetamine still remain high. Experts in NKY are saying that fentanyl and methamphetamine are what they see the most, too. In the report, 2,135 Kentuckians […]