By Linda Blackford | Editor
Happy Wednesday. We’re halfway through the week, and things are still popping. On Tuesday, Gov. Beshear announced he’s moving some funding to a nonprofit that solves medical debt. The same program caused a ruckus in Lexington, but it’s aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians.
James Comer won’t be holding those extremely entertaining Oversight committee meetings any more, partly because of term limits, and partly because it’s hard to monitor a fight between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett when you’re running for governor.
Trump is undoing an environmental law that could have a big effect on Kentucky.
And in Commentary, I comment on the debate over masculinity that’s entered the 6th District Congressional race.
Have a great day and thanks for reading.
Medical debt is crippling many Kentuckians. (Photo by Don Petersen/Associated Press)
By Liam Niemeyer
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is directing $2.5 million in state funding meant for housing to a national nonprofit with plans to forgive outstanding medical debt for tens of thousands of low-income Kentuckians.
U.S. Rep. James Comer and his wife TJ wave to the crowd during the Fancy Farm Picnic on Saturday, Aug 2, 2025. (Austin Anthony for the Kentucky Lantern)
By McKenna Horsley
Kentucky U.S. Rep. James Comer will not seek another term as the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen, a coal-fired power station in Bartow County, Georgia, on July 28,2026. (Photo by Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder)
By Jacob Fischler
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will revoke limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that run on coal and natural gas, according to regulatory documents Administrator Lee Zeldin signed Monday.
Republican Ralph Alvarado, left, and Democrat Zach Dembo, right, are running in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District. (Photos provided by campaigns)
COMMENTARY
By Linda Blackford
Dr. Ralph Alvarado’s campaign pushed out a press release this week on a curious piece in the Daily Caller, the right-wing website about Alvarado’s opponent in the 6th District Congressional race, Zach Dembo. In it, author Derek VanBuskirk cited Dembo’s 2024 interview on a podcast called The Good Guy Guide, in which Dembo talked about performative masculinity, and other issues.
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