Coffeehouse Religious Discrimination
A Louisville barista has filed a discrimination complaint after she says she was fired for sharing her Christian beliefs at work. The employee is a Boyce College student and she alleges she responded to a co-worker’s questions about marriage and sexuality in a...
Sports Gambling Skyrockets
Gen Z is gambling earlier, more often, and with fewer guardrails than previous generations. A recent report found that nearly half of boys have gambled by age 17, and a third as young as 11 to 13 of age reported gambling in some way. What’s changed for this younger...
Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Kentucky lawmakers have voted to override Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill (HB 1) allowing the state to participate in a new federal tax credit scholarship program. The program enables taxpayers to direct a portion of their federal tax liability to scholarship...
Social Media Landmark Case
A jury in California ordered Meta and Google to pay millions in a landmark case over social media addiction. A young woman argued that early and prolonged use of platforms like Instagram and YouTube contributed to depression, anxiety, and body image issues. Jurors...
Wedding Photographer Case Settlement
The city of Louisville will pay $800,000 to settle a lawsuit with a wedding photographer who challenged the city’s Fairness Ordinance. Chelsey Nelson had a photography business and argued that the so-called Fairness ordinance wasn't fair to everyone, and in her...
Food Stamp Reform
546,079. That's the number of Kentuckians receiving SNAP assistance— formally known as food stamps. There's much to be said about a social safety net that seeks to help the poor. But critics raise objections to safety net programs that sometimes become a snare instead...
Kentucky Man Killed in Iran War
A Kentucky family is mourning the loss of Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, a 26-year-old from Hardin County who died after injuries sustained in an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia. His death is a sobering reminder that global conflicts are never distant. They...
Foster Care System Terrors
Governor Andy Beshear is criticizing a recent report of Kentucky’s foster care system as political, but the underlying findings from the state Auditor's office are serious. The report found more than 300 cases where children were placed in offices, hotels, and other...
First Senatorial Debate
Republican candidates seeking the U.S. Senate met for their first debate last week. Andy Barr, Daniel Cameron, and Nate Morris are the top three candidates who are seeking the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Mitch McConnell for over 40 years. The candidates discussed...
KY House and Senate Override Governor’s Veto
Kentucky lawmakers voted to override Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of House Bill 1. which allows Kentuckians to participate in a new federal tax credit scholarship program. The way it works is that taxpayers can write off up to $1700 of their federal tax liability and...
