DEI

Western Kentucky University says it’s in compliance with a new state law targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion. The law bans DEI initiatives, which according to the Republican General Assembly, promote preferential treatment to individuals on the basis of religion, sex, color, or national origin.

Beshear vetoed a GOP-backed bill that aims to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at public universities, saying the bill "is about hate."

Louisville-based spirits maker Brown-Forman suspended its DEI policies last month after online pressure from a right-wing personality. It joins companies like Lowe’s, Tractor Supply and Harley Davidson in ending their DEI initiatives.

Kentucky lawmakers brought up a familiar topic from the legislative session in a Tuesday hearing — diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public colleges.

Kentucky lawmakers will convene again in January, and state Sen. Mike Wilson said he hopes lawmakers use the coming months to craft another version of DEI legislation for the 30-day session in 2025.

A Black University of Louisville student says a Frankfort lobbyist acting in a personal capacity misrepresented a statement from her under oath to support anti-DEI legislation.

From the floor of the Kentucky Senate, Republican lawmakers joined the chorus of conservatives across the country decrying nationwide diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as divisive and discriminatory against right-wing faculty and students.

Under Senate Bill 6, Kentucky’s public colleges and universities couldn’t ask students or staff to endorse certain concepts that the bill describes as “discriminatory.”