With one week until the Kentucky primary election, a new poll gives Gov. Matt Bevin a comfortable lead over his chief Republican gubernatorial challenger, state Rep. Robert Goforth. But the survey of 600 likely GOP voters shows that the incumbent governor is barely over 50% after years of quarreling with his own party. Other statewide…… more »
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Students and parents walked out of a planned vigil for STEM School Highlands Ranch students Wednesday, when they said the conversation turned into political theater. Nine students were shot by two of their classmates just before 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. One of those students, 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, was killed. Eight others were…… more »
Kentucky school districts must comply with a subpoena from Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration requesting the names of teachers possibly involved in this year’s sickouts, a federal judge said Thursday. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves denied Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have blocked the subpoenas, issued last…… more »
Student assignments with “little complexity, differentiation and rigor.” “A pervasive culture of low academic expectations throughout the school.” A “perception existed among some students that they could do whatever they want without fear of consequences.” Those are just a few of the unflattering assessments Kentucky officials gave to 21 Jefferson County public schools that have been…… more »
A political action committee supporting former Auditor Adam Edelen launched the first attack ad of the Democratic gubernatorial primary Thursday, criticizing some of the sources of Attorney General Andy Beshear’s campaign money in 2015. “In Andy Beshear’s world, it’s all about the money,” a deep-voiced narrator says, before noting that Beshear benefited politically from contributions…… more »
With the primary election a little more than two weeks away, members of the Bowling Green Rotary Club are getting a first-hand look at the three frontrunners to be the Democratic gubernatorial nominee. Rocky Adkins, a state representative from Sandy Hook, was the first of the candidates to make his case Wednesday at the Bowling…… more »
An ongoing federal lawsuit over Gov. Matt Bevin’s habit of blocking people on Twitter and Facebook shows the Republican leader has persisted in barring users from accessing his official accounts. Newly released court records say the number of accounts prohibited from readily viewing Bevin’s social media has ballooned from about 600 to nearly 3,000 different…… more »
The top three Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial contenders avoided attacking one another in their second televised debate in as many weeks, but they didn’t spare Republican incumbent Matt Bevin from sharp jabs on Tuesday. House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, Attorney General Andy Beshear, and former State Auditor Adam Edelen rarely answered a question without bringing up Bevin,…… more »
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