Michael Abate

Michael Abate is a media law and First Amendment expert who serves as general counsel to the Kentucky Press Association. He practices law at the firm of Kaplan Johnson Abate & Bird LLP, where he regularly litigates open records and First Amendment disputes across Kentucky.

Why does Gov. Beshear disagree with Attorney General Beshear? What text messages are the governor and his administration trying to hide? Is he selling out Kentucky’s transparency laws to make it easier to seek a national platform? 
By Michael Abate
Gov. Andy Beshear has tried to appeal to his own reputation for transparency to explain his apparent support for a bill that would reduce the public’s access to records of official government business. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes)