by Spectrum News – By Eva McKend – WASHINGTON-What if voting could be more convenient? A progressive think tank says states could adopt policies that could dramatically increase voter participation. When America elected President Donald Trump, there were 92 million eligible voters who didn’t show up at the polls. “It’s an astounding number and when we…
By Ryan Van Velzer, Nicole Erwin, Ohio Valley ReSource – Pigs raised for slaughter in Louisville’s JBS Swift plant were punched, kicked and beaten with a pipe at a farm south of Bowling Green, according to new undercover video released by animal rights activists. An investigator from the non-profit Mercy For Animals documented the abuses while working for…
BY DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – Democratic congressional candidate Amy McGrath said she was “outraged” Monday with President Donald Trump’s refusal to support the conclusion of the U.S. intelligence community that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. “Today, the commander-in-chief again sided with a foreign adversary rather than on our own intelligence community,” McGrath said. “It’s…
by Nick Storm – With Attorney General Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, officially running for governor in 2019 he’s created an open seat for the constitutional office he currently holds, but there are only so many people that fit the bill for the post. Under Kentucky’s Constitution there’s an additional requirement that a candidate for the office of…
by RICHARD HARRIS – Originally published on July 16, 2018 6:51 am When you go to your doctor’s office, sometimes it seems the caregivers spend more time gathering data about you than treating you as a patient. Electronic medical records are everywhere – annoying to doctors and intrusive to patients. But now researchers are looking to…
by The Associated Press – LEXINGTON, KY. — Health officials say hepatitis A is continuing to spread around Kentucky. WKYT-TV cited the Kentucky Department for Public Health in reporting that there were 1,094 cases and eight deaths from the outbreak as of the first week of July. The agency says 18 counties reported new cases during…
The lawsuit claims that Hardin Fiscal Court members violated Kentucky statue that relates to “the sale and disposal of real and personal property belonging to the county.” by Travis Ragsdale Lawsuit challenges Hardin County’s sale of hospital to Baptist Health LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A lawsuit filed last week hopes to stop or at least…
by Michon Lindstrom – LOUISVILLE– Amid outrage over using a racial slur, Papa John’s founder and University of Louisville Board of Trustee member John Schnatter has resigned. J. David Grisson, chairman of the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, released the following statement in response to the resignation. “After speaking with John, I’m confident that…
by Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal – Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore ordered John Schnatter’s name removed from the Nachand Fieldhouse after he used a racial slur.Sam Upshaw Jr., Louisville Courier Journal This story will be updated. FRANKFORT, Ky. — A new state audit describes the administrative arm of Kentucky’s court system as an agency that run amok…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – The federal government has awarded grants totaling more than $47 million to help homeless veterans find jobs. Recipients in Tennessee were awarded more than $906,000, Kentucky awards totaled almost $775,000 and West Virginia will receive $165,000. The Labor Department announced the funding Monday. The grants are awarded to state and local workforce…