Daniel Cameron needs to focus on Kentucky’s challenges, not cultural attacks
by Vanessa Gallman, Kentucky Lantern Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s resounding victory in the Republican primary for Kentucky governor is an historic milestone. As the first Black person to be...
Unity in the Community: Jonathan Richardson for Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District
By Ülvi Gitaliyev Jonathan Richardson is a candidate running for Congress in Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District. Richardson, a fresh face in the political arena, is motivated by a profound...
Kelly Craft’s $16 million gubernatorial spending spree is a reminder of the outsized influence of money in American politics
Kelly Craft, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and wife of coal magnate Joe Craft, spent an astonishing $16 million on her failed bid for governor of...
Amplifying the Voice of the Disenfranchised: Embracing Open Primaries and Ranked Choice Voting in Kentucky
By Paul Oliva As a nonpartisan voter in the Bluegrass State, I have often found myself yearning for a more meaningful say in the political landscape. It is disheartening...
Character Matters for Candidates
by Richard Nelson The primary election for Kentucky’s constitutional offices is tomorrow. Even though early voting has expanded the number of days for Kentuckians to cast a ballot, the...
Attorney General redefines “meeting” in the open meetings law to exclude written communications between public officials relating to public business
by Amye Bensenhaver, Kentucky Open Government Coalition The Kentucky Attorney General issued yet another disappointing open meetings decision last week. The outcome was, candidly, unsurprising. But a footnote in...
Being pregnant was already riskier in Kentucky. Then the legislature banned abortion.
Too many new moms won’t live until their first Mother’s Day. by Vanessa Gallman, Kentucky Lantern Motherhood can certainly be a blessing. But Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban also has...
Central Kentucky Chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth demands “People’s Budget”
Lexington, Ky. – The Central Kentucky Chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth has demanded a People’s Budget that reflects the values and priorities of all Lexingtonians, especially Black, Brown,...
The state of the Derby – 50 years after Secretariat blazed his way into America’s heart, racing’s underbelly is showing.
by Louis Guida, Kentucky Lantern Fifty years ago, when Secretariat set track records winning the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown and made the cover of Time magazine, horse...
Kentucky’s open records law is not a ‘nuisance.’ It’s a force for ‘public good.’
by Amye Bensenhaver, Kentucky Lantern/Kentucky Open Government Coalition Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg is making good on his campaign promise to improve Louisville Metro open records compliance in his first...