Kentucky Tag

College President Apologizes After Campus Crime Alert Includes ‘Black’ in Suspect Description

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 13, 2020 12 Comments

“did not serve its intended purpose and likely made many on our campus feel less safe than more safe”...

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ACLU Official Attacks Transylvania University for Admitting Nick Sandmann as a Student

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 09, 2020 58 Comments

Nicholas Sandmann, the young man who was smeared by the media for the sin of wearing a MAGA hat, and ended up speaking at the 2020 Republican National Convention, has been accepted as a student at Transylvania University in Kentucky. As a result, an official at the ACLU is now attacking the school. This is unreal.

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Sullivan University to Offer ‘Introduction to Cannabis Studies’ Course

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 11, 2020 1 Comment

"the course is intended to be academic and objectively focused without attempting to be involved in any social movement"...

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University Soccer Players Dismissed From Team for Organizing a Party

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 09, 2020 3 Comments

"The party led to the temporary shutdown of voluntary activities and preseason practice for four Cardinal sports, according to the school."...

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Louisville, KY: Cuban Community Rallies In Support Of Cuban Restaurant After BLM Issues “List of Demands”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 02, 2020 105 Comments

A rather alarming situation is developing in Louisville, Kentucky, in which local businesses are allegedly being issued demands from Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists and told that if they don't meet the demands, their business might be "f*cked with."

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Authorities Arrest Frequent Protester Accused of Killing Louisville Photographer During Breonna Taylor Protest

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 29, 2020 27 Comments

Authorities have arrested Steven Nelson Lopez, 23, for allegedly killing Louisville photographer Tyler Gerth. They charged him "with one count of murder and one count of wanton endangerment first degree."

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U. Kentucky Fires Cheerleading Coaches After Hazing and Nudity Investigation

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 19, 2020 4 Comments

"investigation found no evidence of sexual assault or sexual misconduct"...

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Federal Appeals Court Bars Kentucky From Banning Drive-Up Church Services

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 03, 2020 20 Comments

We have followed several court cases involving bans on drive-in church services, including on in Louisville, Kentucky, and another in Greenville, Mississippi. We addressed likely litigation in the age of pandemic at our April 26, 2020, live event, Constitutional Rights in the Age of Government Overreach. To the extent there is a pattern emerging, it is that the state cannot bar religious services where CDC social distancing and related precautions are followed, if the state also allows drive-up and drive-through practices for secular institutions like fast food and liquor stores.

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University of Kentucky Furloughing 1,700 Workers Due to Coronavirus Crisis

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 24, 2020 2 Comments

"Officials say furloughs could last a week, or weeks."...

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Gov’t Gone Wild: Controversy Swirls over Michigan Governor Order on Non-Essential Purchases

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 12, 2020 126 Comments

Recently I documented numerous examples of government overreach during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Did you think that would end? Nope. Here are some more examples from Michigan, Kentucky, and Virginia.  

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University of Louisville Researching How Tobacco Plant Could Help Fight Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 03, 2020 5 Comments

"looking into an engineered tobacco-produced protein, called Q-Griffithsin, a broad-spectrum antiviral"...

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Kentucky Abortion Ultrasound Law

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 6 Comments

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to the Kentucky Ultrasound Informed Consent Act, which requires "doctors to perform ultrasounds and show and describe fetal images to patients before abortions, as well as play an audible heartbeat of the fetus." Their decision means the law will stay in place.

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Veteran Receives Degree From U. Louisville After He had to Leave 40 Years Ago

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 25, 2019 0 Comments

“Service to others, service above self, service selflessly. And that, I think, truly exemplifies this man.”...

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U. Kentucky Apologizes for Conspiring Against and Mocking Conservative Student Group

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 23, 2019 6 Comments

"A campus spokesman said officials are sorry for the behavior of its employees."...

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Left Wing Mob Outside Mitch McConnell’s Home Shouts Death Threats

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2019 31 Comments

An angry mob descended on the Kentucky home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday night after two deadly shootings. A video captured people making violent comments and threats, such as asking someone to stab McConnell "in the heart."

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Democrat 2020 Challenger to Mitch McConnell Compared Trump’s Election to 9/11

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 10, 2019 44 Comments

Democrats can't stand Mitch McConnell. As Senate Majority Leader, he has been far too effective confirming judges and supporting other aspects of Trump's agenda for the left's liking. To the left and media's delight, retired Marine pilot Amy McGrath announced her candidacy to unseat McConnell in 2020. Yes, the same woman who ran unsuccessfully for the 6th Congressional district in 2018.

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Long-standing Kentucky Eye Glass Charity in Jeopardy, Told by Local Regulating Boards Their Operations Are Illegal

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 02, 2019 25 Comments

Local Bureaucracies Are The Absolute Worst, Volume Eleventy Gazillion. Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc. was created in 2003 and has been serving homeless people around the world ever since. They provide gently used eye glasses to those unable to afford them. Their equipment has been used in 79 countries.

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University Accused of Enforcing Free Speech Rules for Conservatives but not Socialists

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 29, 2019 4 Comments

"The private university has a single “free speech zone,” and students must fill out paperwork and get approval before using it."...

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