On his 99th birthday, Jimmy Carter is fondly remembered for hammering in the hills of Kentucky
By Judy Vicars - October 1, 2023
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By Jennifer Shutt - September 30, 2023
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BY Ariana Figueroa - September 29, 2023
Flags lowered Sunday in honor of Frank Brooks, Kentuckian who died a POW in World War II
BY Lantern staff - September 29, 2023
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BY Casey Quinlan - September 29, 2023
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BY Jennifer Shutt, Jacob Fischler, Ariana Figueroa and Ashley Murray - September 29, 2023
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BY Anna Liz NIchols - September 29, 2023
Ryan Quarles named president of Kentucky Community and Technical College System
BY McKenna Horsley - September 29, 2023
Commentary
Prevention is conspicuously absent from Louisville Republicans’ ‘Safer Kentucky’ plan
BY Teri Carter - September 29, 2023
Ahem, Rand Paul, aren’t you forgetting something?
BY Berry Craig - September 25, 2023
Brereton Jones leaves lessons for reformist politicians
BY Al Cross - September 22, 2023
Bipartisan backlash killed most of Sanders’ anti-transparency agenda
BY Amye Bensenhaver - September 21, 2023
Quick Takes
Documentary about women’s movement in Southern Baptist Convention will air Monday in Louisville
BY Lantern staff - September 29, 2023
Online sports betting begins in Kentucky
BY McKenna Horsley - September 28, 2023
Wildlife officials downgrade protection status of West Kentucky fish to ‘threatened’
BY Liam Niemeyer - September 26, 2023
Biden administration to create new gun violence prevention office
BY Ariana Figueroa - September 22, 2023
Murphy's Law
Andy Beshear has a good heart, is smart and politically keen. His actions — courageous under the circumstances and for the times — saved thousands of lives during the pandemic. He does his best to protect vulnerable Kentuckians from the cruel and dangerous Republican legislation gaining traction across the states. This also raises, and probably answers, the old political question: “How much compromise is the right amount of compromise, and silence, to secure an office in which you will do, unquestionably, good?” During his first campaign, I complained that “Andy’s position on abortion is that he wants to be elected”. There are echoes of that in his positions on guns.
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Feb. 17 ruled against women‘s choice and in support of the Republican legislature’s war against women, their rights, and their health. It is an interim ruling but happened in the same week a bill was filed to prosecute abortions as murder. It happened days after the attorney general sued to prohibit pharmacies from dispensing abortion pills. The title of this cartoon may be indelicate or overly medical, but, tragically, it fits. — Marc Murphy
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