Moments away from speaking at the annual Kentucky Chamber dinner. As he’s walking in, a brief encounter (and hug) with , who is running to be the Republican nominee to challenge Beshear in November’s election. #WKYT
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Papa Johns is putting its Louisville campus on the market next week. reports it plans to lease back part of the space.
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Kentucky election officials say they'll remove about 127,000 ineligible registrations from the state's voter rolls. has more.
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Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would prevent schools from requiring staff to use the correct pronouns for trans and nonbinary students in Kentucky. reports.
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At the KY House chamber now, House has moved to impeach state prosecutor Ronnie Goldy with a 97-0 vote.
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House votes 97-0 to impeach Goldy, who was caught trading legal favors for nude photos
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Until recently, people could only access some clippings of the Louisville Defender by going to the library in-person. reports LFPL’s new digital database changes that.
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Essential health stories, tales from Florida and Star Wars takes ahead: Meet our new health reporter, !
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Senate Budget Committee Chair Chris McDaniel said tax policy is a key lever for economic development in Kentucky.
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My turn to do the 'some personal news' thing! I'll be joining Louisville Public Media in a few weeks as their new health reporter, and I'm beyond stoked about it. They've got a great team there doing fantastic, public service journalism, and I can't wait to join them.
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Essential health stories, tales from Florida and Star Wars takes ahead: Meet our new health reporter, @morganwatkins26!
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Kentucky lawmakers get bill that would soften jobless benefits cuts they passed in 2022
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Here's SB 150, from : apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocument
This appears to be inspired by calls by some conservatives to restrict how much teachers can say about gender and LGTBQ identities.
Wise has said it's a response to a "woke agenda" in schools.
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Morning from Frankfort!
At 11, I'll be reporting from the Senate Education Committee. Lawmakers will consider a bill that would prohibit schools from forcing staff to use students' correct pronouns, if they don't match the gender listed in their birth certificate.
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2/So often, political discourse about abortion is starkly black & white: elective abortion vs. abortion necessary to save a person's life.
There's little room for nuance or complexity, & as a result, many of the laws passed to restrict abortion lack this as well.
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🧵Abortion is still illegal in KY, except in med. emergencies.
But what about the gamut of other conditions that make a pregnancy nonviable w/out posing a health risk to a pregnant person?
That group is being sent out of state for terminations, too.
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Important, heartbreaking story from about people with nonviable pregnancies unable to access abortions in Kentucky.
Still awaiting a court ruling. The state legislature has made no effort to add exceptions.
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A ‘twisted’ experience: How KY’s abortion bans are depriving pregnant patients of health care kentucky.com/news/politics- via
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Though Amy’s baby would never survive outside her womb, the pregnancy still had a fetal heartbeat. Her doctors explained they couldn’t induce labor, much less give her an abortion. Kentucky laws forbade it.
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Good morning. I’m at the KY House committee on Elections, Constitutional amendments and intergovernmental affairs. We’re going to get an update on voter lists and election policy trends across the US.
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Senate committee just approved SB11, which would re-open the road btwn the capitol & annex.
KSP/Beshear recommend that the road stay closed to protect from someone driving a truck there and setting off a bomb so close to the annex/capitol.
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A new report from the Greater Louisville Project highlights how an injection of $67 million into public safety comes as the city’s homicide count surges. reports some say it’s still not enough.
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Sen. Karen Berg, D-Louisville, gave her impassioned remarks in defense of LGBTQ youth less than two months after her own son, a trans activist, died by suicide.
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Mental health disorders and substance use issues are emerging risk factors that lead to maternal deaths in Kentucky. says experts are asking state lawmakers for help addressing the problem.
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10/The KRS statute where these medical exceptions in Ky's 6 wk ban are defined plainly states that the mental health of a pregnant woman *does not* qualify as a factor docs can cite for legally terminating a pregnancy.
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The Ky. Senate State and Local Government committee is considering a bill to ban TikTok from state devices. Congress, Gov. Beshear and guvs across the country have issued similar orders recently, citing security concerns.
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Oversight, audit of Kentucky charitable funds possible after tornado relief check snafu
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The House Education Committee heard from educators about a dire need for more teachers. cited low pay and a lack of support and respect as key issues. Some Republicans blamed a “woke agenda.” reports.
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Maternal mental health is playing a major role in mortality rates though research is nascent. 8.5% of maternal deaths are suicides, which is very significant, Goldberg says. Of 128 "accidental" deaths is attributed to substance use disorder.
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I’m now at the Senate Standing committee on health services where maternal mental health, Medicaid and minority health equity are on the agenda. No bills being considered.
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"Because we don't know the potential long-term impacts, we're going to have community and public health issues we're not prepared to deal with," Monica Unseld of said.
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Pam Thomas of KY Center for Economic Policy testifying now. Says the state coffers look healthy now but the concern around the bill is around the formula which is “static, backward and based on a single year.”
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More on what the income tax cut bill does here in our story. Moved very swiftly through the House and committee.
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Good morning. I’m at the KY Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee room where the bill cutting the state income tax rate and a bill making an appropriation for a Veterans Center at Bowling Green will be considered.
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Ky. lawmakers have returned for the remainder of the 2023 legislative session. has a look at what's on tap, from juvenile justice reforms to bills expanding where people can carry guns.
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It’s peak season to watch sandhill cranes cross through Kentucky on their journey northward. has more on the large, migratory bird with the boisterous call.
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talked with ’s new president Kim Schatzel last week. Check out this Q&A where we asked her to weigh in on tuition increases, faculty pay and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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This month, we are hosting two expungement clinics to help Kentuckians expunge their criminal record for free. The clinics will take place in Lexington on February 10 and in Elizabethtown on February 23. For complete details and to register, visit goodwillky.org/expungement.
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Gov. Beshear and legislators have pushed for reforms amid a series of assaults, escapes and riots at juvenile detention facilities across the state. But says officials largely haven’t talked about mental health interventions and services.
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They'll be discussing the teacher shortage. Looks packed from the camera angle!
Wish I could be there in person, but unfortunately I'm isolated at home with some sniffles.
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