Kentucky Lantern

5 days ago | citybeat.com | Sarah Ladd |Kentucky Lantern

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has voluntarily dropped a challenge to the state’s abortion restrictions. The Friday dismissal comes about six months after the chapter filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Louisville woman who, at the time, was pregnant and seeking an abortion. The woman, identified by the pseudonym Mary Poe, later traveled out of state for an abortion, which is illegal in Kentucky in most circumstances.

1 week ago | paducahsun.com | Sarah Ladd |Kentucky Lantern

Everytown for Gun Safety says a man who spoke at a February rally for gun safety it helped organize in Frankfort lied about his experience surviving a school shooting. The event, which the Lantern and other media outlets covered, happened Feb. 12 in the Kentucky State Capitol. Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action hosted a variety of speakers who advocated against gun violence. kAm~?6 @7 E96 DA62<6CD[ r2=G:? !@=2496<[ D2:5 E92E H96? 96 H2D 2 9:89 D49@@= DEF56?E :?

1 week ago | paducahsun.com | McKenna Horsley |Kentucky Lantern

LOUISVILLE — An organization that led a statewide campaign against last year’s proposed constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to fund nonpublic schools is seeking more insight about education from communities across Kentucky. Protect Our Public Schools, which has transitioned to a wider education advocacy role following the defeat of Amendment 2 in November, was one of the highest fundraising political action committees against the amendment.

1 week ago | paducahsun.com | McKenna Horsley |Kentucky Lantern

By MCKENNA HORSLEY | Kentucky LanternZach Jordan, a former Arizona deputy state director for President Donald Trump’s campaign, has been named as the next executive director of the Republican Party of Kentucky ahead of 2026 elections. In a Tuesday news release, RPK said Jordan “brings a background in grassroots leadership and organizational strategy to the role” with his experience in Arizona.

2 weeks ago | paducahsun.com | Sarah Ladd |Kentucky Lantern

Reaction in Kentucky to the “big beautiful bill” Republicans in the U.S. House passed early Thursday ranged from alarm to applause. The bill, which passed by a single vote and now heads to the Senate, would make deep cuts to Medicaid, the federal-state program that pays for almost 1 in 3 Kentuckians’ health care. kAms6>@4C2ED 2?5 962=E9 25G@42E6D D2J E96 4FED 4@F=5 C6DF=E :? z6?EF4<:2?D =@D:?8 2446DD E@ >65:42= 42C6 :? 2 DE2E6 2=C625J 8C2AA=:?8 H:E9 A@@C 962=E9]k^AmkAm#6AF3=:42?D[ :?