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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Sep 8

Attorney General: University of Kentucky repeatedly violated the Open Records Act by automatically asking for 30 days to provide public records without adequate justification.

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Mitch McConnell on occupying Gaza, 2026 Senate map & blocking Obama SCOTUS pick

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tonight at 8/7 on KET's "Comment on Kentucky," it's Alex Acquisto of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Ryland Barton of NPR
and Liam Niemeyer of the Kentucky Lantern.

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 27

Mitch McConnell worries Gov. Andy Beshear would be a viable Democratic candidate for his Senate seat, and other thoughts from the retiring 83-year-old. www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311875068.html

McConnell joked that he anticipated finding something to do after life in the U.S. Senate because “my wife doesn’t want me home for lunch.”

Kentucky Ford EV battery plant workers will vote on whether to unionize

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hourly workers making electric vehicle batteries at Kentucky’s BlueOval SK this week will also decide whether to unionize.
www.kentucky.com/news/business/article311839463.html#storylink=cpy

A week after production of batteries began, Kentucky workers at BlueOval SK are voting Aug. 26 and 27 to join an autoworkers union.

Kentucky Democrats fight to regain inroads with rural voters. Will it work?

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 27

Kentucky Democrats fight to regain inroads with rural voters. Will it work?
www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311626052.html#storylink=cpy

The party hopes to push itself from its urban comfort zone and listen to rural communities around the commonwealth at a defining political moment.

KY nixed his idea to treat addiction with a psychedelic drug. Texas said yes

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 26

Kentucky nixed his idea to treat addiction with a psychedelic drug. Texas said yes
www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311841982.html#storylink=cpy

Bryan Hubbard in 2023 wanted Kentucky to be the first state to study the psychedelic ibogaine to treat opioid addiction, but he was rejected. Texas just agreed, earmarking $50M for the study.

Another data center coming to KY? What we know about secretive Mason County project

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 26

Another data center coming to Kentucky? What we know about secretive Mason County project
www.kentucky.com/news/business/article311839459.html#storylink=cpy

Site selection for what we now know to be a data center has happened largely behind closed doors. Here’s what we know.

UK begins fall semester with historic enrollment, changes in higher education

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 25

Never say DEI: It's a new school year at the University of Kentucky, and the state legislature is carefully policing what everyone says, thinks and does. www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article311795046.html

Early enrollment projections showed the school’s total enrollment will be 36,700, the largest in UK’s history.

BlueOval SK is trying to stop union vote, but it will make us stronger | Opinion

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 25

Kentucky worker hoping to unionize: We only get taken seriously by ownership when we stick together. www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article311837570.html?tbref=hp

OpEd: I want the peace of mind that comes with a union contract and a seat at the table to negotiate over our working conditions.

KY Chamber chief: Unionization at Blue Oval SK could slow progress | Opinion

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 25

Kentucky Chamber: Nothing good can come from letting workers unionize. www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article311759303.html

OpEd: At this early and critical stage, unionization could introduce barriers that limit flexibility, slow progress, and disrupt the alignment that’s essential to long-term success.

KY families were accidentally sent EBT cards loaded with cash. Here’s how it happened.

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 25

Kentucky families were accidentally sent EBT cards loaded with cash. Here’s how it happened.
www.kentucky.com/news/article311822754.html#storylink=cpy

Families who received the unsolicited cards were reportedly told they’d be turned over to debt collectors if they didn’t repay.

‘Hard to be upbeat.’ Lexington’s most famous Fact-Checker on a post-truth world | Opinion

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 25

Linda Blackford: What's a fact checker to do in a world where people only seek out sources of information that confirm their beliefs? www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article311808808.html

For 14 years, Glenn Kessler challenged political claims of every ilk with his Fact-Checker column in the Washington Post.

Lexington, something has to change about how we deal with our downtown | Opinion

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's an opinion piece, and he is entitled to his opinion.

Besides, "Expand crisis response and mental health intervention teams so that trained professionals—not just police—are on the streets every day, intercepting those in crisis before tragedy strikes." doesn't sound like the worst idea. ^JC

OpEd: We owe it to the people who live, work, and visit here to restore public order from aggressive pandhandling and open drug use.

Lexington, something has to change about how we deal with our downtown | Opinion

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

Counter-point: We just invested $850,000 in public funds on this giant pinball statue. ^JC

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

Op-Ed: Lexington city leaders have abandoned downtown to neglect, decay and violence. www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article311794888.html

OpEd: We owe it to the people who live, work, and visit here to restore public order from aggressive pandhandling and open drug use.

Some in GOP push for gerrymandering Kentucky’s lone Democrat. Can they do it?

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

Some in GOP push for gerrymandering Kentucky’s lone Democrat. Can they do it?
www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311804248.html

“Looks like we have the GREEN LIGHT in KY and Beshear will sign it into law, maybe? A 6-0 map is easily drawn,” one GOP influencer said.

Kentuckian considering Democratic Senate run gets security clearance revoked

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

Tonight at 8/7 on KET's "Comment on Kentucky," it's Austin Horn of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Mario Anderson of Spectrum News 1 and Hannah Pinski of the Courier Journal.

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

Kentuckian considering Democratic Senate run gets security clearance revoked www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311799394.html?tbref=hp

“Having Tulsi Gabbard revoke your security clearance is like having a serial drunk driver revoke your driver’s license,” he wrote.

Scott County parents threatened with debt collection by state over unsolicited EBT cards

Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

Across government, there are too many public information officers with fixed grins who collect nice salaries from the taxpayers while forgetting they work for those taxpayers.

Concealing information from the public in order to protect the politicians - "Staying on message" - is not your job. ^JC

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22

Kentucky state government seems to screw up, but the public information officers won't return calls to answer questions about it. You don't say! via Louisville Public Media www.lpm.org/news/2025-08-22/scott-county-parents-threatened-with-debt-collection-by-kentucky-over-unsolicited-ebt-cards

Kentucky parents in Scott County were sent unsolicited food assistance cards this summer, but are now being threatened with debt collection if they don’t pay back the state for them.

www.lpm.org

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Small government: Washington, D.C. apparently has strong opinions about the way Lexington paints its downtown crosswalks. www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311762744.html#campaignName=lexington_afternoon_newsletter&linkType=nmeintro

No plans to cover Lexington’s rainbow crosswalk despite Trump official’s memo

A national memo discourages “distractions” from roadways, demanding cities cover their rainbow crosswalks. Lexington, Kentucky, has no plans to do so.

Kentucky could be on the eve of a data center boom. But in Mason County details are sketchy. • Kentucky Lantern

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Mason County citizens are wary of giving away the store to an unnamed data center that intends to keep all its secrets until it gets everything it wants. via Kentucky Lantern kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/21/k...

A more than $1 billion investment could bring a "technology campus" with data centers to a rural Kentucky county along the Ohio River.

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 20

Americans express serious concerns about president whom they recently elected to a second term. www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article311758401.html?tbref=hp

Trump approval is at second-term low, with shift among Latinos, new poll finds

The poll arrives during a packed summer for Trump, marked by his signing of a sweeping spending bill and ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war.

Anti-Massie PAC pushes poll showing Northern KY congressman in trouble

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Bluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · Aug 20

Trump-backed PAC that opposes Congressman Thomas Massie says its new poll shows Massie's support slipping - the very results that it wanted to see. www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311764316.html?tbref=hp

The poll said that GOP primary voters were 53% less likely to vote for Massie based on what they’ve seen, read or heard recently.