Red Wave Washes Over Kentucky

Republicans had a successful election night nationally, adding multiple U.S House of Representatives seats and taking or maintaining control of 55 out of 99 state legislative chambers. Two of those chambers are the Kentucky House and Senate where we saw Republicans...

Legislators Push LGBT Agenda on Kids

Kentucky lawmakers are promoting legislation that would circumvent parental rights in favor of the LGBTQ agenda. HB 296, filed by Lisa Wilner (D-Louisville), would mandate schools to provide “age-appropriate” sex education to children in kindergarten-12th grade.  But...

Sports Gambling: Wagering More than Just Money

As citizens of Kentucky, we rely on our elected officials to protect us and govern wisely. A bill that has been proposed runs in opposition to those principals. HB 137, if passed, would legalize sports gambling in Kentucky and has been touted by supporters as the...

Medical Marijuana: Prove It or Lose It

One of the more controversial bills being considered this legislative session is HB 136, which would legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky starting on January 1, 2021. It was filed by Rep. Jason Nemes (R-Jefferson). In the past, Republicans have opposed medical...

Republicans Victorious in 5 of 6 Races

In the election results for Kentucky’s Constitutional Offices, the GOP candidates performed better than some analysts surmised. For the first time in 70 years, Kentucky has a Republican Attorney General in Daniel Cameron. Cameron defeated former Kentucky...

Kentucky Revitalizes Fight Against Smoking and Vaping

Kentucky just launched the new “My Life, My Quit” program which pairs teen smokers/vapers with a personal coach to help them quit either vice. This push comes on the heels of major vape producer JUUL’s announcement that they would discontinue sales of their...

Pension Funding for Teachers Continues Climb

The Teachers Retirement System of Kentucky published new numbers indicating that the funding of teacher’s pensions has gone up for the third consecutive year, this time from 57.7% in 2018 to 58.1% in 2019. This trend is encouraging for Kentucky but is only a step in...

Matt Jones Will Not Run for Senate

Matt Jones, founder of popular University of Kentucky Athletics radio program and website “Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR)”, announced last week that he would not run for US Senate against Amy McGrath in the 2020 Democratic Primary. The winner of that primary would go on...

Cooperation in a Partisan World

The Secretary of State is tasked with operating Kentucky’s elections and protecting the voter information of its citizens. While these tasks aren’t ones that are necessarily partisan, the office is elected in a partisan election. However, in a rare showing of...

Governor Bevin Concedes

In the early portion of this past week, KY Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes initiated a recanvass of the ballots in the 2019 General Election at the request of Gov. Bevin. The initial election results showed Attorney General Andy Beshear defeated Gov. Bevin...

Your Vote Could Save a Life

The Kentucky General Assembly passed four pro-life bills in this past session, totaling out to a whopping eight pro-life bills under Gov. Bevin’s administration. This is an unprecedented stretch of pro-life legislation. Kentucky’s pregnancy care centers outnumber...