Catholic Action in Lexington to host rally/cookout Monday to ‘wrap our arms around’ homeless
Originally published by WEKU. Lexington homeless advocates and homeless persons will gather in Lexington Monday to rally against a bill that will become law after Governor Beshear’s veto was...
Lexington Council Committee Reviews Suggestions for Boosting Minority and Women-Owned Business Connections
Originally published by WEKU. The City of Lexington is moving forward with various recommendations to improve its business climate with minority and women owned businesses. Several suggestions were discussed...
Say, whatever happened to that bill ?
FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers filed more than 1,200 bills this session — the most in more than 20 years — and passed about 215 of them before adjourning Monday,...
Did Kentucky legislators serve our common wealth?
In a republic, the form of government that the U.S. Constitution prescribes for states, the will of the people is supposed to be exercised through elected representatives. In Kentucky,...
Undercurrent of racism propelled this legislative session
If there is a photo that defines Kentucky’s 2024 regular session, it is a smiling Secretary of State Michael Adams signing House Bill 5 — a sprawling, data-questionable, pro-incarceration...
Biden administration to roll back the Betsy DeVos Title IX rules
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced a final rule that will update Title IX regulations governing how schools respond to sexual misconduct, undoing changes made...
Border security bill fails to lift U.S. House conservatives’ block of foreign aid package
WASHINGTON — The border security bill U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson offered to conservatives to win support for a major foreign aid package had not broken a blockade of...
A second chance focus at Kentucky Goodwill Opportunity Centers this month
Originally published by WEKU. A weekly community partners’ event at Lexington’s Goodwill Opportunity Center carried a slightly different meaning on Thursday. Tables filled the New Circle Road central room...
U.S. House tries anew to force sale or ban for TikTok, a ‘spy balloon in your phone’
WASHINGTON — U.S. House leadership has packaged more than a dozen bipartisan bills into a so-called “sidecar” agreement meant to attract isolationist lawmakers’ support for long-stalled foreign aid to...
State lottery to decide what businesses will be granted licenses to process, sell medical cannabis in Kentucky
Republished from WEKU. A state lottery will decide what businesses will be granted licenses to produce and sell medical cannabis. The system was announced during Governor Beshear’s regular media...