by Staff | Jun 20, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 19, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 17, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 16, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 13, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 12, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 10, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 9, 2025 | Blog
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...
by Staff | Jun 6, 2025 | Blog
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....
by Staff | Jun 5, 2025 | Blog
Proponents of abortion argue that the practice should be legal because it is often medically necessary. However, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services reported only one medically necessary abortion between January and March. In Kentucky, abortion is...
by Staff | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed a historic school choice bill into law. It’s the second state in recent weeks to enact sweeping education reform. The bill establishes a $1 billion education savings account so families can send their children to the...
by Staff | Jun 3, 2025 | Blog
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson recently signed a bill which demands that Catholic Priests violate their Confessional Seal concerning cases involving child abuse or neglect. Proponents say this law holds abusers accountable. However, opponents argue that state is...
by Staff | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog
Should a parent be charged for a crime their child commits with a gun? At least one district attorney in Wisconsin thinks so. 42-year-old Jeffrey Rupnow is facing felony charges in connection with a school shooting committed by his daughter which left 2 dead and 6...
by Staff | May 30, 2025 | Blog
President Trump has issued new guidance urging therapy, rather than hormones or surgeries, as the proper treatment for gender-dysphoric children. This marks a major shift from previous federal policy, which endorsed medical transitions even for minors. The Department...
by Staff | May 29, 2025 | Blog
School choice is expanding across the country and if Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is passed, it will bring school choice to all 50 states, including Kentucky, which has none. The budget bill contains provisions of the Educational Choice for...
by Staff | May 28, 2025 | Blog
Former Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron has been charged by the Ethics Commission for a purported campaign violation when he ran for governor. It’s the second time this charge has come up. Cameron contends that it’s a political attack on his...
by Staff | May 27, 2025 | Blog
The state of Tennessee is expanding school choice. It opened up applications for the state school voucher program open last week which makes available $7000 a year to 20,000 families, half of which are earmarked for low income families, students with disabilities, and...
by Staff | May 26, 2025 | Blog
Kentucky State Auditor Allison Ball filed a lawsuit against Governor Andy Beshear for not implementing a law that requires him to implement kinship care as a better alternative for children going into foster care. Governor Beshear says he doesn’t have the money....
