Teri Carter, Lexington Herald-Leader Journalist Profile

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KY Democrat boards the Trump Train

2 weeks ago | forwardky.com | Teri Carter

When I landed in Chicago last week, returning from two weeks in Germany and Austria, the first Kentucky stories that appeared in my news feed were the devastating, deadly tornadoes and that state senator Robin Webb had changed her party registration. Webb said, in part, that she chose to leave the Democratic Party and become a registered Republican because, “First and foremost, I’m a mother, a rancher and a lawyer” and that her core values have not changed.
The GOP Humiliation Derby

1 month ago | forwardky.com | Teri Carter

Let us begin with the word “scum.”One potential GOP candidate for the soon-to-be-vacated U.S. Senate seat of Mitch McConnell is 44-year-old Nate Morris, a technology entrepreneur from Lexington. In a recent Breitbart interview, as reported by Austin Horn of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Morris recounted an interaction he said he had with a wealthy McConnell donor during the Kentucky Derby earlier this month.
Humiliation Derby

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Teri Carter

Kentucky Republicans are hoping for a high sign from President Donald Trump, photographed on stage on the eve of his second inauguration, Jan. 19, 2025 in Washington D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Let us begin with the word “scum.”One potential GOP candidate for the soon-to-be-vacated U.S. Senate seat of Mitch McConnell is 44-year-old Nate Morris, a technology entrepreneur from Lexington.
The consequences of hate speech

2 months ago | forwardky.com | Teri Carter

When Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr announced that he will run to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, it was reported that Barr mentioned President Donald Trump’s name “every minute of Rep. Barr's 17-minute announcement speech — in which the congressman attributed the president’s survival in an assassination attempt to a divine plan.”Barr used the first 20 seconds of his first campaign ad for U.S. Senate to give his voters a lecture about hate.
Bill was a good boy and got some treats

2 months 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.
GOP supermajority doesn’t care about public safety

2 months 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.
GOP supermajority unserious about public safety

2 months 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.
Why was meeting special?

2 months 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.
GUEST COLUMN: Why does Kentucky GOP leadership fear public debate and scrutiny?

2 months 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.
Shut up: A message from the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly

2 months 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.