By Linda Blackford | Editor
Good morning and welcome back to real life as summer ends. Sigh. But fall is great, too, especially for news.
This morning, McKenna Horsley has a story out of Warren County, where a student advocate has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the school district because she says they are referring too many students with special needs to a mental health facility.
And then we’ll play a little catchup with two important stories that may have slipped under the radar. The state has once again missed a fiscal deadline to continue lowering the income tax. And Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing a healthcare nonprofit for advertising abortion pills in Kentucky.
An advocate says Warren County Schools are referring too many special needs students to a mental health facility. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)
By McKenna Horsley
A special education advocate has filed a federal complaint against Warren County Public Schools on behalf of students and parents alleging the district overly refers students with disabilities to a local mental health facility.
Kentucky State Capitol in 2020 before construction project (Photo by Sarah Ladd)
By Liam Niemeyer
Kentucky has missed key fiscal targets within the state budget to allow for another future cut to the state’s income tax rate in 2028, the second year in a row and the third time in four years that such targets have been missed.
Mayday Health banner over Kentucky State Fair. (Kentucky Attorney General’s Office photo)
By Sarah Ladd
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Thursday against Mayday Health, alleging the national nonprofit broke state law by advertising abortion services in the state, in one case flying a banner over the Kentucky State Fair.
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