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1 week ago | 
forwardky.com | Teri Carter |Berry Craig |Bruce Maples
Congratulations, Bill Maher. You found the bottom of your barrel. Bill said he went to the White House for dinner with the president because he and his buddy, Kid Rock, thought there was something better to be done “than hurl insults from 3,000 miles away.”I won’t bore you with every detail — you can watch Bill’s monologue for yourself if you’d like — but it boils down to them having a lovely, engaging evening and Mr. Trump being quite charming. Ah, charm.
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2 weeks ago | 
forwardky.com | Teri Carter
Two years ago, on April 10, a mentally unstable 25-year-old walked into Old National Bank in Louisville and shot five people to death — Thomas Elliott, James Tutt Jr., Juliana Farmer, Joshua Barrick, Deana Eckert — and injured eight, including Nickolas Wilt, a young police officer who was shot in the head and miraculously survived. Two years ago, Dr. Jason Smith, the chief medical officer at University of Louisville Hospital, called on lawmakers to address gun violence.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Teri Carter
Dr. Jason Smith, right, appeared alongside Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear almost two years ago as they briefed media on the mass shooting at the Old National Bank on April 10, 2023 in Louisville.
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3 weeks ago | 
pmg-ky1.com | Teri Carter
On Friday, March 21, there was 10 a.m. Special Called Meeting of the Anderson County Fiscal Court. I attended this meeting, which lasted less than 7 minutes (I have an audio recording) and appeared to be for the sole purpose of announcing the retirement of Public Safety Director (EMS) Bart Powell. The meeting room was filled to capacity, mostly with county employees, so I asked two citizens sitting next to me how they knew about the meeting.
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3 weeks ago | 
thetimestribune.com | Teri Carter
After Republican legislators voted overwhelmingly for rules changes on the first day of the 2025 General Assembly to make it easier for their supermajority to end floor debates and rush to a final vote on controversial bills, Senate President Robert Stivers pronounced with aplomb that reporters in the chamber would focus on the debate happening in front of them instead of instances when Republicans and Democrats work together. “They want to write about division,” Stivers said of the press corps.
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3 weeks ago | 
forwardky.com | Teri Carter
In this unfortunate legislative session, it was clear our Republican supermajority — mostly older white men — just wanted everyone who did not look like them and/or disagreed with them to shut up. And they had the power to make it happen. During the first week, the House and Senate minority argued that the Republican supermajority’s rules for both chambers would stifle debate and limit their constituents’ voices. The GOP side of the aisle did not want to hear it.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Teri Carter
Kentucky House of Representatives (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes)In this unfortunate legislative session, it was clear our Republican supermajority — mostly older white men — just wanted everyone who did not look like them and/or disagreed with them to shut up. And they had the power to make it happen. During the first week, the House and Senate minority argued that the Republican supermajority’s rules for both chambers would stifle debate and limit their constituents’ voices.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Teri Carter
House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect, is congratulated by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove after his swearing in. The speaker’s wife, Loren Hebel Osborne, looks on, Jan. 7, 2025. (LRC Public Information)House Speaker David Osborne, intentionally or not, set a new precedent for the Kentucky legislature and lobbyists last week. On March 5, Democratic Whip Lindsey Burke stood and called for a point of order, alleging Democrats had evidence that a lobbyist was communicating with Rep.
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1 month ago | 
forwardky.com | Teri Carter |Bruce Maples
Every legislative session has a theme. In 2023, Kentucky’s GOP obsessed over sexuality and doubled down on humiliating already-vulnerable trans kids. Last year, Reps. Jason Nemes and Jared Bauman drove the Safer Kentucky Act (omni)bus into law, which made homelessness a crime and inexplicably did not bother to address gun violence prevention. This year, they’re playing with people’s lives. In other words, Making Kentucky Sick Again.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Teri Carter
Rep. John Blanton, R-Salyersville, is back with a bill to create a new crime, "interference with a legislative proceeding," aimed at Capitol protesters who lawmakers think have gotten too loud. Above, Blanton presents a similar bill in March 2024. It was passed by the House but died in the Senate. (LRC Public Information)Every legislative session has a theme. In 2023, Kentucky’s GOP obsessed over sexuality and doubled down on humiliating already-vulnerable trans kids. AdvertisementLast year, Reps.
