The Wrap for Friday, 5/16

Notes from Bruce

• I want to encourage all of you to check out the “Colonels of Truth” video at the bottom of this newsletter. Even if you are not much of a YouTube viewer, this episode has multiple important guests, starting with newly-announced candidate Cherlynn Stevenson. Just click the link to watch it on our site.
• Not to make too big a deal of this – but we are at 982 members of ForwardKY. So, we only need 18 more to hit the big 1K! If you know someone that you think should be a member, please drop them a note and invite them to check it out. Remember, we have a Friend (free) membership where they can get their feet wet and see what we’re about. You will get my thanks for helping us get into quadruple digits!
• And on a personal note – if you are near The Ville next Wednesday and want to see another side of me (primarily my backside as I conduct), then come to the concert put on by the Highland Baptist Orchestra that I lead. It’s at 6 PM in the church sanctuary at 1101 Cherokee Road, 40204. And of course, it’s free and open to all. Should be a fun and engaging program. (And if you DO attend, please come speak to me afterwards!)

On to the Wrap ...

News and Snippets

Kentucky would be sicker, hungrier, and poorer under U.S. House plan

The biggest Medicaid and SNAP cuts ever – to fund tax cuts for the wealthy

Forward KentuckyKentucky Lantern

KY auditor sues governor to end impasse over financial help for kinship care families

Beshear says the legislature didn’t fund the work when it passed the bill.

Forward KentuckySarah Ladd

Judge orders NIOSH workers to resume protecting miners’ health

DOGE sent them home; judge puts them back to work

Forward KentuckyKentucky Lantern

Adopted son of former KY governor wins right to intervene in his parents’ divorce • Kentucky Lantern

Judge rejects former Gov. Matt Bevin’s efforts to keep his divorce settlement confidential and rules his adopted son Jonah Bevin may intervene in the case.

Kentucky LanternDeborah Yetter

DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist in deportations

If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.

LPMTom Bowman

In wake of new law, EKU swaps ‘diversity,’ ‘inclusion’ for ‘viewpoint neutrality’ • Kentucky Lantern

Eastern Kentucky University formally adopts policies complying with GOP-backed state ban on diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education.

Kentucky LanternMcKenna Horsley

Everything Else

The GOP Humiliation Derby

All to get Trump’s attention ... and endorsement

Forward KentuckyTeri Carter

KY Policy digs into GOP cuts to food stamps in KY

A detailed and scary analysis

Forward KentuckyForward Kentucky

We’ve got the Triple Crown!

With Cherlynn Stevenson, Annabel Nagel & Peter Jefferson

Forward KentuckyProgress Kentucky

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