By Linda Blackford | Editor
Will he or won’t he? That was the question of Kentucky’s senior senator, Mitch McConnell, on Monday when the U.S. Senate reconvened in Washington, D.C. In typical fashion, he waited until the end of the day to appear at the Capitol, seated in a wheelchair to greet his colleagues, yet far more alive than many conspiracy theorists have speculated.
Under the campaign finance system McConnell created, Gov. Andy Beshear is jumping into the 6th District race. His PAC In This Together has paid for some new attack ads against Republican candidate Ralph Alvarado.
The sad tale of a baby girl in Louisville took another turn with the Supreme Court and AG Russell Coleman weighing in.
And in commentary, Kentucky Press Association President Mike Scogin discusses the recent layoffs at the Lexington Herald-Leader and the state of journalism today.
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, left, with his wife, former Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, on Sunday, July 26. (Provided by McConnell’s office)
By McKenna Horsley
Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate Monday evening, the first time he’s been seen in public since being hospitalized more than 90 days ago.
Republican Ralph Alvarado, left, and Democrat Zach Dembo, right, are running in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District. (Photos provided by campaigns)
By Tom Loftus
FRANKFORT – Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC is running an attack ad aimed at Ralph Alvarado, the Republican running for Kentucky’s 6th District Congressional seat.
The Kentucky Supreme Court andd the Attorney General are now involved in a case involving custody of a one-year-old child whose mother is due to be deported. (Stock photo by Greenleaf123/Getty Images)
By Deborah Yetter
Both the state Supreme Court and a state Appeals Court judge have now rejected emergency efforts to block the reunification of a one-year-old girl in foster care with her mother who is scheduled to be deported to Guatemala and currently is in custody of U.S. Immigration and Enforcement.
AI cannot replace local news. (Getty Images)
COMMENTARY
By Mike Scogin
The news last Thursday that 13 skilled journalists in Lexington were laid off was heart-breaking but also frightening.
The suggestion that AI can replace reporters who are trained to observe, interpret, and ask the tough questions is unrealistic. AI is a tool and a resource, but it cannot replace a human reporter.
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