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A select handful of Kentucky’s most prominent state legislators are able to secret away “confidential” fiscal notes from the public and most other lawmakers, writes open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver.

Gov. Andy Beshear gets mentioned in any Top 10 list of possible replacements, and sometimes in a Top 5, but is not yet a major player like the governors of Michigan and Pennsylvania, two states Democrats need and could carry, unlike Kentucky, and other governors of larger states, writes columnist Al Cross.

The University of Kentucky president says changes approved by the Board of Trustees — which affect authority over academic decisions — are needed to meet challenges that will benefit the state.

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.