Mar 29 GOP lawmakers override Kentucky governor’s veto of transgender bill By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have swept aside the Democratic governor's veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people. Continue reading
Mar 29 Transgender bill spurs competing rallies outside Kentucky Capitol By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Activists on both sides of the transgender health care debate have gathered at Kentucky's Capitol to make competing appeals. The rallies Wednesday come as the GOP-led legislature reconvened for the final two days of this year's session. Continue reading
Mar 24 Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender care ban By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Kentucky's Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping Republican measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths. Gov. Andy Beshear said in his veto message Friday that the bill would increase youth suicides. Continue reading
Mar 10 GOP-controlled Kentucky Senate passes bill to limit drag shows By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have advanced a bill to put limits on drag shows. The measure won Senate passage on a 26-6 vote Friday after a free-wielding debate. Continue reading
Mar 04 Heavy snow blankets Northeast again as storm cleanup begins in South By Bruce Schreiner, David Sharp, Corey Williams, Associated Press The winter-weary Northeast and upper Midwest were digging out Saturday from another round of heavy snowfall while cleanup began in battered parts of the South and Midwest after a sprawling storm system produced ferocious winds that left widespread damage and caused multiple… Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch 5:35 News Wrap: Grand jury says one or more witnesses lied about efforts to overturn election In our news wrap Thursday, a special grand jury in Georgia concluded one or more witnesses lied under oath about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, police shed more light on the shootings that killed three at Michigan… Continue watching
Feb 15 Kentucky bill raising abortion to homicide draws Republican pushback By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced a bill to prosecute illegal abortions as homicides. The measure drew pushback from the state's anti-abortion attorney general. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 7:18 Biden celebrates infrastructure projects with Mitch McConnell in Kentucky By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori, Saher Khan Hundreds of miles away from the chaos in Washington that is consuming the new GOP House majority, President Biden took a victory lap with an unlikely Republican ally. He appeared in Kentucky alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to promote… Continue watching
Dec 25 Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 24 lives By Carolyn Thompson, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The scope of the storm has been nearly unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico. About 60% of the U.S. population faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning,… Continue reading
Nov 14 WATCH: Kentucky voters rejected a constitutional amendment on abortion. Here’s what that means By Casey Kuhn, Nicole Ellis Across America, midterm voters in five states had abortion rights on the ballot. In all five, voters decided to protect those rights. Continue reading