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Questions and answers about Trump’s indictment on federal criminal charges
BY Jacob Fischler - June 9, 2023
After winning special election, Elkins sworn in as state Senator
BY Lantern staff - June 9, 2023
On a record day in D.C. for smoke pollution, U.S. Senate panel debates wildfire strategy
BY Jacob Fischler - June 8, 2023
More than 100 ‘orphan’ wells in Daniel Boone National Forest to be plugged, remediated with federal money
BY Liam Niemeyer - June 8, 2023
Property for proposed aluminum mill back with local authority, Beshear says
BY McKenna Horsley - June 8, 2023
Commentary
James Comer is making it hard to take him seriously
BY Vanessa Gallman - June 8, 2023
Don’t mind Mr. Bean. EVs are much better for the environment than gasoline vehicles.
BY Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News - June 7, 2023
Baseless anti-trans claims fuel adoption of harmful laws, two criminologists explain
BY Henry F. Fradella and Alexis Rowland - June 6, 2023
From enslaver to leader of Union forces at Mill Springs and Chickamauga to a civil rights defender
BY Christopher Einolf - June 5, 2023
Quick Takes
Student and teacher appointed to Kentucky Board of Education
BY McKenna Horsley - June 6, 2023
Kentucky lawmakers hear update on KERA and school assessment methods
BY McKenna Horsley - June 6, 2023
UofL Hospital earns recognition for high standards of burn care
BY Sarah Ladd - June 6, 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
