D. Stephen Voss, an associate professor of political sciences at the University of Kentucky, details the University of Kentucky rallies of activists on behalf of Gaza’s Palestinian population.
In his hometown, George L. Atkins Jr. had a nuanced story — including a push for the first woman on Hopkinsville City Council to fighting an avian threat to the region's health and economy.
"Atkins used the authority of the auditor’s office in a way that none of his predecessors had, exposing shady deals in the administration of Democratic Gov. Julian Carroll, and that was the basis of his campaign" for governor, writes political columnist Al Cross.
The people’s wellbeing, and their will, were not served on several issues in the recently concluded session of their elected representatives, columnist Al Cross writes.
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?
Kentucky’s white, male-dominated, GOP supermajority showed little interest in women, children, education, equal rights or taking care of the most vulnerable, writes Teri Carter.
Open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver observes lawmakers took just "nine minutes to upend decades of legal interpretation to the obvious detriment of the public's right to know."
Data show increasing secrecy from "government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve," writes a national expert on freedom of information.
The Kentucky senator's approach to politics means he "needs to be on the same page with Trump with endorsements, fundraising and spending in Senate races," observes Cross.
