Monthly Archives: January 2019

Kentucky GOP Lawmakers Order Recount In House Election

Kentucky GOP Lawmakers Order Recount In House Election

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former Republican lawmaker in Kentucky who lost his state House seat by one vote in November could get a second chance thanks to the state’s GOP majority. A board of nine state lawmakers voted 6-3 Wednesday to recount the votes in Kentucky House District 13. All six Republicans on the…more »

Former Miss America Heather French Henry to run for Kentucky office

Former Miss America Heather French Henry to run for Kentucky office

Former Miss America Heather French Henry has filed paperwork indicating she will run for Kentucky secretary of state this year. French Henry, a Democrat, filed a letter of intent to raise and spend money on the race with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on Tuesday, according to documents obtained by the Courier Journal. She…more »

Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter

Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter

Twitter suspended an account on Monday afternoon that helped spread a controversial encounter between a Native American elder and a group of high school students wearing Make America Great Again hats. The account claimed to belong to a California schoolteacher. Its profile photo was not of a schoolteacher, but of a blogger based in Brazil,…more »

High school boys basketball team pulls out of MLK Day tournament after fans show off Trump flag

High school boys basketball team pulls out of MLK Day tournament after fans show off Trump flag

Following a game on Tuesday in which their fans controversially displayed a flag supporting President Donald Trump’s re-election, the Jordan (Minn.) High School boys basketball team has pulled out of an invitational tournament on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Jordan Hubmen were scheduled to play Patrick Henry High School at the Martin Luther King Showcase on Monday but…more »

Alison Lundergan Grimes says she won’t run for governor

Alison Lundergan Grimes says she won’t run for governor

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced Monday that she will not run for governor. Her announcement narrowed the field of expected Democratic candidates for governor, which is now made up of four men. “While I am grateful for the confidence, support and friendship from thousands of supporters across this state, I have decided…more »

Karen and Mike Pence’s astonishing moral hypocrisy

Karen and Mike Pence’s astonishing moral hypocrisy

(CNN)Karen Pence, the wife of America’s vice president, Mike Pence will be teaching art at a Christian school in Virginia that bans LGBTQ children and requires employees to declare their religious beliefs. Like a real-life setting for “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Immanuel Christian School insists applicants initial a pledge to “live a personal life of moral purity.” Listen…more »

BuzzFeed’s stumble is highest-profile misstep at a time when press is under greatest scrutiny

BuzzFeed’s stumble is highest-profile misstep at a time when press is under greatest scrutiny

BuzzFeed News’s apparently mistaken story about Michael Cohen and President Trump is the highest-profile misstep yet for a news organization during a period of heightened and intense scrutiny of the press, as the special counsel’s office issued a thorough rebuke of the website’s story published Thursday. Reporters at the Guardian, CNN, McClatchy News and other outlets have…more »

Kentucky is the worst state to retire in, report says

Kentucky is the worst state to retire in, report says

WTVF — The Bluegrass State is known for a lot of great things but retirement apparently isn’t one of them, according to a report from WalletHub. While Florida was voted the best state to retire in, Kentucky was ranked dead last. Source: WalletHub WalletHub says the study ranked states based on factors such as adjusted cost…more »

Lawmakers receive letter on crucial budgetary items from Chilton

Lawmakers receive letter on crucial budgetary items from Chilton

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky lawmakers are in recess until Feb. 5, but State Budget Director John Chilton sent them a letter on budgetary items he says must be dealt with before final adjournment on March 29. Legislation passed by the 2018 General Assembly gave 118 quasi-governmental agencies (such as airport boards, libraries and community…more »

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