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 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 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 »
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 »
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 »
(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 »
After short clips of an incident between students from Covington Catholic High School and a man at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington D.C. went viral Saturday, people are now sharing full-length clips of the incident. People across social media have responded to the video saying it shows the students were provoked and that the…… more »
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 »
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 »
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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