Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall's election for president and other top offices. While that is nothing new, the potential for noncitizens to register or vote has been receiving a lot of attention lately. Citing an influx of immigrants in recent years at the U.S.-Mexico border,...

This week Jennifer Sierra joined us on the show to discuss her run for State Senate in Kenton County. She spoke about how important the issue of abortion rights were to her as well as all the other issues that motivated her to run for office. Before speaking to her,...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky currently has no legal process to temporarily take away firearms from individuals believed to be a danger to themselves or others. A proposed Crisis Aversion and Rights Retention (CARR) bill aims to change that, though an attempt to get it passed during the 2024 legislative session failed.

The Boar's Head deli-meat listeria outbreak that left nine people dead and many others sick may have been surprising to some; however, as Zeynep Tufekci points out in her opinion for The New York Times, perhaps “Americans should also pause to ask, ‘How does this not happen all the time?’ ... Department of Agriculture inspection reports from a Boar’s Head plant in Jarratt, Va., make it clear that the failures are inexcusable.”

LOUISVILLE — Another legal obstacle to Democratic Rep. Nima Kulkarni’s reelection was filed in Franklin Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon. William Zeitz, a Democrat who challenged Kulkarni in May’s primary election, has joined with Dennis Horlander, a Democrat who previously represented the 40th House District, in suing election officials after Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams declared a nominating vacancy on the Nov. 5 ballot.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has been a hot topic, especially as it moves closer to being implemented. There have been concerns and criticisms about the lottery process used to allocate licenses. In an attempt to ease some concerns about medical cannabis license applications,...

More than 100 cities and counties have opted for a ballot referendum in November that asks voters if they want to allow businesses to operate as licensed medical marijuana growers, dispensaries, processors or compliance facilities, Joe Sonka and Justin Hicks report for Louisville Public Media. “While local governments for the...

For many Kentuckians, Labor Day signifies back-to-school season. Having taken the photos for my first, eight and ninth graders, I know that too well. But while it may be a day off to some, it more importantly provides an opportunity to reflect on how we can do right by our brothers and sisters in labor.

Labor Day has come and gone. So how did the presidential contenders and their running mates spend the traditional kickoff day for fall campaigns?. “Harris and Walz blitz the Blue Wall while Trump phones it in on Labor Day”. the headline on a Labor Day story in The Independent, a...

I reread my copy of The Toiler every Labor Day. A branch of the old Knights of Labor published the paper in Fulton. An ancestor of the AFL-CIO, the Knights were the country’s largest labor organization in the late 19th-century. The Knights “tried to teach the American wage-earner that...

Donald Trump may end up winning the yard sign war in the Jackson Purchase, which he swept in 2016 and 2020. Even devout Democrats concede, at least privately, that it will almost certainly be a threepeat for Trump in the state’s westernmost region and statewide in November. No matter...

The words “fascist” and “fascism” get thrown around a lot lately, on both sides of the political divide. It’s to the point that most people just ignore their use, and assume it’s all just politics. And sometimes, it IS just politics. But it can...

The Louisville Democratic Party is asking Rep. Daniel Grossberg to “temporarily refrain from participating” in the party’s events amid a Legislative Ethics Commission investigation. Meanwhile, the executive director of the state Democratic Party said situations involving a few state representatives from Louisville have “certainly been concerning” but...

Critics of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, commonly referred to by the acronym DEI, are increasingly using boycotts and bans to fight against their use. People often argue that this anti-DEI backlash is motivated by race-neutral concerns – for example, that DEI practices are irrelevant to work performance or are too political.

Federal investments have spurred a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 recession in Kentucky, and rules for spending that money combined with growing union activity are creating the potential for better job quality across the commonwealth, according to a new report by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KyPolicy). “The State of Working Kentucky 2024” is an analysis of the economic conditions facing workers across the commonwealth, and is released to coincide with Labor Day.

For years, inadequate state funding for public education has forced Kentucky’s kids to make do with outdated textbooks and technology, deprived them of vital supports, and left them without the attention and enrichment all students deserve. But in the past several years, the federal government stepped up. Thanks to...

ATLANTA (AP) — The state and national Democratic parties sued Monday to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia’s State Election Board that could be used by county officials who want to refuse to certify an election, potentially causing delays in finalizing the state’s results. The lawsuit,...

Gov. Andy Beshear said his administration wants to fact-check the now-public findings of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into Kentucky’s reliance on psychiatric hospitals in Louisville. Justice Department officials said Tuesday they have reasonable cause to believe Kentucky’s state government is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Their investigation,...

Louisville Democratic Party leaders were energized last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, chair Logan Gatti said, as they watched Vice President Kamala Harris accept the party’s presidential nomination. Now, they’ve got another election to think about. The day Harris spoke at the convention was the...

LOUISVILLE — Several speakers, including Jefferson County Public Schools students, warned a legislative task force against breaking up Kentucky’s largest school district in a Tuesday evening meeting. However, the co-chairs of the Efficient and Effective School Governance Task Force said deciding to split the district, which serves almost...