Kentucky politics news from @heraldleader journalists John Cheves (JC), @TessaDuvall (TD), @AcquistoA (AA) & @HannahPinski (HP).
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Obama endorses Charles Booker in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race; Andy Barr has Trump backing
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Early voter turnout higher than usual in Lexington and Kentucky, officials say (Video)
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Kentucky's attorney general drops appeal over impeachment of Lexington judge, but says he does not ‘concede’
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As we said last week about last week's Kentucky Juvenile Justice problem, it's curious that nobody in the state legislature seems interested in holding hearings to ask questions about this sort of thing.
It just keeps going and going ...
Staff at Kentucky juvenile jail forced autistic teen to stay in flooded cell, mocked him
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Staff at Kentucky juvenile jail forced autistic teen to stay in flooded cell, mocked him
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Incumbent Adrielle Camuel and Republican Hannah Beth Rivera face off in Kentucky House District 93
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Seeing long lines for Lexington early voting? Turnout close to a presidential election year
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KET’s Executive Director and CEO Shae Hopkins, known for her unwavering commitment to carry out KET’s mission of serving the state, died Thursday after a battle with cancer.
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It's curious the Kentucky legislature has shown so little interest in the serious, longstanding problems inside the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice.
State Auditor Allison Ball looked into DJJ a couple years ago and found plenty of concerns. ^JC
Lewd comments, use of force, cursing: Kentucky juvenile justice guard suspended over and over again but never fired
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Elon Musk replaces Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell as GOP’s influential money man. via KY Lantern
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Fayette County school board chair whom lawmakers tried to oust picks up big-name donors
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Lewd comments, use of force, cursing: Kentucky juvenile justice guard suspended over and over again but never fired
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Mold, broken toilets, razors on the floors: Condition of this plagued Kentucky jail getting worse
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Opinion | Zach Dembo: Costs, costs, costs. How D.C. corruption is hurting Central Kentucky kentucky.com/opinion/article…
Opinion | Ralph Alvarado: KY’s 6th District deserves a congressman who reflects our values kentucky.com/opinion/article…
Here’s who paid for political attack ad with a dunce cap on the head of Fayette County school board candidate
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Zach Dembo and Ralph Alvarado play rough at 6th District U.S. House debate led by teens in Estill County
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Federal election monitors are coming to Fayette and Jefferson counties on Tuesday. But they're sent to Kentucky and other states routinely. Here's how it works.
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Trump was “an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of young women in the mid-to-late 1990s,” according to the report.
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Fox News becomes the latest political pundit/news outlet to shift the Dembo v. Alvarado contest in KY-6th from "Leans R" to "Toss-Up."
Our own guess is, we don't know.
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