By Linda Blackford |Editor
It’s still really unclear why Kentucky lawmakers have pushed to make it easier to kill bobcats. But they have, and so on Tuesday, instead of taking into account the concerns of wildlife biologists, they allowed new regulations to move forward that allow hunters a 10-bobcat bag every season. Read more about it below.
In other confusing news, lawmakers also voted to not revoke a revoked contract of the State Fair CEO, all part of a much larger power play between the General Assembly and Gov. Andy Beshear.
Also President Trump called for dramatically different vaccine schedules for children, which will probably not help the number of unvaccinated children in Kentucky.
And in Commentary, two legal eagles dissect why Kentucky towns that have been touting the use of Flock cameras might want to think again.
Happy Wednesday and thanks for reading!
A bobcat is seen at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ Salato Wildlife Center in Frankfort. (Provided by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources)
By Liam Niemeyer
FRANKFORT — Regulations to expand bobcat hunting, including at night with thermal equipment, moved forward Tuesday, despite bipartisan concern from some lawmakers about the status of Kentucky’s bobcat regulation.
Kentucky State Fair (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)
By McKenna Horsley
A group of Kentucky lawmakers voted Tuesday to not revoke a contract with a former president of the State Fair Board that had already been voided by the Beshear administration.
Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy on Jan. 26, 2015 in Mill Valley, California. (Photo by Illustration Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order that aims to reshape guidance surrounding childhood vaccines, standing alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and was met with immediate pushback.
Marchers at the Louisville No Kings protest on March 28, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)
COMMENTARY
By Caleb O. Brown and Dan Canon
Kentucky’s new license plate camera law is now in effect, and it already looks out of step with the Constitution. Just before it took effect, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the commonwealth a warning its lawmakers cannot afford to ignore.
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