by Staff | Jul 25, 2025 | Blog
Does the President have a right to fire federal workers? The Supreme Court just ruled that he does. The Court says that Trump administration can move forward with plans to fire tens of thousands of workers across the federal government. A judge in California attempted...
by Staff | Jul 24, 2025 | Blog
A professor at the University of Kentucky is mired in controversy for her upcoming book called From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary. In it Dr. Carol Mason ties the pro-life movement to “white nationalism and authoritarian...
by Staff | Jul 23, 2025 | Blog
Last week a Kentucky school board chairman resigned after a local official accused him of calling for political violence on a social media post. A Facebook comment from resurfaced from Jeffrey Miller the Erlanger-Elsmere school board chairman who said he would “be ok...
by Staff | Jul 22, 2025 | Blog
Last week Governor Andy Beshear joined a coalition of states in suing the Trump administration for withholding billions in educational funding. Though the 25 attorney generals leading the suit are all Democrats, Beshear says this suit is not partisan. Rather, he says...
by Staff | Jul 21, 2025 | Blog
Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky filed a federal lawsuit over SB 2, which bans so-called gender-affirming care for incarcerated Kentuckians, including hormone therapy and gender transition surgeries. The ACLU says this ban is unconstitutional,...
by Staff | Jul 18, 2025 | Blog
On July 1, fifty Kentuckians protested outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Louisville and cried “Defund, defund!” They got their wish on July 4, when Donald Trump signed the budget reconciliation bill into law. The bill defunds all Planned Parenthood...
by Staff | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog
Kentuckians are up in arms about the ramifications of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill on the horse betting industry. The bill offers provisions that benefit horse owners but makes it more difficult for bettors to turn a profit. Congressman and Senate candidate...
by Staff | Jul 16, 2025 | Blog
New York City has nominated Zohran Mamdani as its democratic mayoral candidate, essentially securing him victory in the upcoming election. Mamdani wears his socialist beliefs on his sleeve, openly declaring that billionaires should not exist. He cites the stark gap...
by Staff | Jul 15, 2025 | Blog
Legacy news outlets in Kentucky and across the nation have been critical of cuts to the federal government-first with the DOGE, now with the budget reconciliation bill. But rarely do these stories explore the rationale behind the spending eductions. The upcoming...
by Staff | Jul 14, 2025 | Blog
The IRS said that pastors can now endorse candidates. A lawsuit by the National Religious Broadcasters Association, said that pastors’ speech is clearly chilled because they’re not free to proclaim their views on issues of the day, and then compare their...
by Staff | Jul 11, 2025 | Blog
The U.S. Education Department Office for Civil Rights announced last week that two California institutions violated federal law. The U.S. Department of Education found that the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation violated...
by Staff | Jul 10, 2025 | Blog
A recent survey from The Associated Press finds that a majority of Americans favor religious chaplains in public schools. About 6 in 10 adults say that chaplains should be allowed to provide religious services for students in public schools. However, much less think...
by Staff | Jul 9, 2025 | Blog
Friday was the Fourth of July-a time to celebrate the many blessings our nation offers. But while fireworks, hotdogs, and baseball marked the day for some, others were feeling a little down. A new Gallup poll found that national pride has slipped to an all time low in...
by Staff | Jul 8, 2025 | Blog
Federal and state prosecutors have charged over 300 people for defrauding the U.S. government out of $15 billion in false health care claims. It is the largest take-down of the kind. The previous record of federal fraud was $250 million. This latest scam involved...
by Staff | Jul 7, 2025 | Blog
The U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with parents who tried to opt their children out of controversial LGBTQ+ curriculum in a Maryland public school. The Court ruled that children to shouldn’t be forced to participate in instruction that violates the...
by Staff | Jul 4, 2025 | Blog
Today marks the 249th anniversary of America’s founding. On July 4, 1776, delegates to the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming that all men are created equal and endowed by the Creator with unalienable rights. In a time of...
by Staff | Jul 3, 2025 | Blog
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that said states should not be forced to do business with Planned Parenthood, the largest single abortion provider in the country. In the past, Planned Parenthood was reimbursed by Medicaid for various health services. But the...
by Staff | Jul 2, 2025 | Blog
Earlier this month Attorney General Russell Coleman said that the Fayette County Public School Board violated the law in issuing a tax increase. Now the school board is under investigation by the Kentucky State Auditor’s office. Previously, Coleman found that the...
by Staff | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog
Today Dr. Steven Stack begins as the secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. It’s an important agency and Stack’s experience as a physician and commissioner for the Department for Public Health for the past several years puts him...
by Staff | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
Congressman Thomas Massie is on the outs with President Trump after he said that the bombing of Iran needed a declaration from Congress. And Massie has been outspoken about this. He posted on X last week that “[Trump) declared so much War on me today it should...
