Morgan Watkins

During his campaign for governor, Cameron has repeatedly said he supports Kentucky’s near-total “trigger” ban on abortion as it currently stands.

Parents weren’t the only ones upset by Jefferson County Public Schools’ disastrous transportation problems this week. Republican state lawmakers want the legislature to step in with new policy changes.

The ban was briefly blocked by a district court judge, but he reversed his decision a couple of weeks ago.

Wilt suffered a traumatic brain injury on April 10, when he and other officers arrived at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville to stop a mass shooting.

The 20 gender-affirming care bans states have passed are undergoing intense legal scrutiny and testing federal courts in new ways, setting up battles that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

SB 150 prohibits doctors from providing hormone therapy, including estrogen or testosterone treatment and medication that delays puberty, to patients under 18 years old. That portion of the law was set to take effect Thursday.

Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Mitch Perry issued the order Tuesday. His decision came after the plaintiffs, including Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Kentucky, formally asked to drop the case last week.

Dr. Bruce Scott grew up in Louisville and built a career here as an otolaryngologist — also known as an ear, nose and throat doctor. Now, he’s the American Medical Association’s new president-elect.

For more than 40 years, EMW Women’s Surgical Center provided abortions in Louisville.As recently as last spring, it was common to see anti-abortion activists posted up outside its clinic downtown, holding signs and confronting people going into the building. Clinic escorts were there, too, acting as a buffer between patients and protesters.On a cool morning earlier this month, though, the sidewalk outside the building was empty, except for the occasional passerby.

The ACLU of Kentucky and Planned Parenthood filed motions Tuesday to dismiss the case they filed nearly a year ago, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and eliminated a nationwide right to abortion in June 2022.