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Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
Bowling Green Daily News. June 20, 2021. Editorial: WKU failing when it comes to transparency Last week, we published...

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 01:53 PM EDT
Frankort State Journal. June 11, 2021. Editorial: Juneteenth should be a national holiday Although President Abraham...

Kentucky's high court reviews case testing executive powers

By Bruce Schreiner Jun. 10, 2021 12:12 PM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky's highest court heard clashing views Thursday on the scope of executive powers as it reviewed Republican-backed laws that were...

Kentucky AG sues CVS Health over state's opioid problems

By Bruce Schreiner Jun. 02, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general on Wednesday sued CVS Health, accusing its pharmacy chain of flooding the state with prescription opioids...

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
Frankort State Journal. May 31, 2021. Editorial: City-county dialogue needed on long list of topics Franklin County...

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 12:18 PM EDT
Bowling Green Daily News. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Leaders right to object to child-focused social media network It is...

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 02:11 PM EDT
Bowling Green Daily News. May 4, 2021. Editorial: Wigwam Village project aims to preserve quirky slice of local history ...

Kentucky Supreme Court to hear coronavirus-related cases

By Bruce Schreiner Apr. 16, 2021 02:05 PM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Democratic governor's challenge of Republican-backed laws aimed at limiting his...

Judge rules in favor of businesses challenging COVID orders

Apr. 09, 2021 03:36 PM EDT
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge on Friday temporarily blocked applying some of the state's pandemic-related restrictions to several restaurants and...

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, speaks with then-Gov.-Elect Andy Beshear before the dedication of a Recovery Community Center in Manchester, Ky. Kentucky's Democratic Gov. Beshear vetoed legislation Monday, March 22, 2021, that would empower Republican leaders to influence his choice to temporarily fill a U.S. Senate seat should a vacancy occur. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Republican lawmakers plunge into veto overrides in Kentucky

By Bruce Schreiner And Piper Hudspeth Blackburn Mar. 29, 2021 04:11 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 08:05 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ March 15 The State News Journal on free COVID-19...

Memorial service planned for those who died from coronavirus

Mar. 05, 2021 04:27 AM EST
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A memorial service will be held Saturday to honor Kentucky residents who have died from the coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear said. ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear takes off his facial mask before providing an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state during a media conference at the Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
Judge blocks laws in showdown between governor, lawmakers

By Bruce Schreiner Mar. 03, 2021 03:46 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2021 08:47 AM EST
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ March 1 The State Journal on allowing citizen...

Gov.: Kentucky getting nearly 100K vaccine doses this week

Mar. 02, 2021 06:38 PM EST
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky continued to record lower virus case numbers on Tuesday as the state readies to receive another large dose of the COVID-19...

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 07:53 AM EST
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Feb. 22 The State Journal on the success of three...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear addresses the media at a news conference at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. A Kentucky legislative panel has recommended that no further action be taken on impeachment petitions filed by citizens against Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Kentucky governor wants to move on from impeachment effort

By Bruce Schreiner Feb. 23, 2021 11:14 PM EST

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state during a media conference at the Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
Judge hears arguments in showdown between Beshear, lawmakers

By Bruce Schreiner Feb. 18, 2021 03:52 PM EST

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear takes off his facial mask before providing an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state during a media conference at the Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
Judge temporarily blocks new Kentucky law on COVID-19 rules

By Bruce Schreiner Feb. 03, 2021 12:55 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:46 PM EST
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Jan. 25 The State Journal on how residents in...