SCOTUS Nixes Funding for Planned Parenthood

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...

Kentucky Auditor to Investigate Fayette County Schools

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...

Kentucky’s Personal Health Shouldn’t Depend on Feds

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...

Trump Targets Kentucky’s Thomas Massie

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...

When Public Officials Defy Reality

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker came under fire recently after an old tweet resurfaced. Pritzker urged the public to “use the other gender’s bathroom” in order to protest the Trump administration’s policies on transgenderism. Now, Pritzker posted this in 2017,...

Screen Addiction Linked to Suicidal Behaviors

The Journal of the American Medical Association released a troubling report last Wednesday linking screen addiction to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The study tracked screen use of over 4000 children between the ages of 9 to 14. The study specifically tracked signs...

Kentucky’s New Voter Registrations Lean Independent

Secretary of States Michael Adams says that more and more Kentucky voters are registering as Independents. While it’s true that Republicans dominate most of rural Kentucky, Democrats are looking to catch up. At their annual convention in Owensboro, leaders of...

SCOTUS Upholds State Laws Protecting Minors

Last week’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholds state laws that protect minors from gender transition procedures. The case is called U.S. v. Skrmetti which challenged a Tennessee law (SB1) banning high doses of hormones and surgical disfigurement of minors....

Is the Military Being Used against U.S. Citizens?

Protests erupted last week in Los Angeles over the deportation of illegal immigrants. Some turned violent as rioters burned cars, looted businesses, and effectively shut down part of the city. President Trump dispatched both the National Guard and the U.S. Marines to...

Lawlessness in California

Last Thursday, California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla was forcefully removed from a Homeland Security news conference. Sen. Padilla disrupted the conference in objection to the ICE raids going on in his state and elsewhere in the country. Homeland Security...

Harvard Sues Trump Admin Over Cuts

Harvard is suing the Trump administration after it froze $2.7 billion in federal funding. $2.2 billion was in research grants. This has created a stir as defenders argue that  federal funding drives critical research and innovation that benefits the nation. Critics...

Louisiana Supreme Court Rules HHR Illegal

The Louisiana state Supreme Court ruled back in March that historical horse racing is illegal. As a result, Churchill Downs announced it’s shutting down the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, which is one of the oldest racetracks in the U.S. Churchill said...

Whose Flag Do You Celebrate?

If you noticed all the American flags flying over the weekend that’s because Saturday was Flag Day. It’s a day to celebrate the American flag and what it stands for. This day of remembrance juxtaposed with violent protests in the streets of Los Angeles with many...

KY Senator Robin Webb Switches Parties

Elected Democrats in rural Kentucky are becoming a rarity. And their numbers just decreased by one in the state Senate after state Senator Robin Webb switched to become a Republican. She was a long time Democrat who served in state government for over 25 years. Webb...

ACLU Drops Challenge to KY Abortion Law

The American Civil Liberties Union is dropping its lawsuit to overturn Kentucky’s pro- life protections. The challenge originated when a woman couldn’t access legal abortion in Kentucky. They argued that this woman’s decisions are no business of the...

AG Says Fayette County School Board Violated Tax Law

Attorney General Russell Coleman says that the Fayette County Public School Board broke the law by attempting to raise taxes on families within the district. State Senator Amanda Mays Bledsoe of Lexington requested Coleman’s opinion after constituents complained...

Trump Revokes Emergency Abortion Guidelines

President Trump has revoked a Biden-era policy that required hospitals to perform emergency abortions when the mother’s life was threatened. On Tuesday of last week the Trump administration said that rule would no longer be enforced. Supporters of the...

Beshear Promotes Pre-K for All

Last week Governor Beshear and leaders across the state gathered to launch the new “Pre-K for All” initiative. Beshear saw the moment as one of political unity— insisting the movement was one without party-lines. According to Kentucky statistics, over half...

Paducah Man Arrested in NYC Crypto Kidnapping Case

A cryptocurrency investor from Paducah, Kentucky was arrested in connection with a New York City kidnapping case. John Woeltz is being held without bail for allegedly kidnapping, abusing, and torturing an Italian businessman in order to get his bitcoin password....