Thunderstorms on Friday brought a renewed threat of flooding to parts of Kentucky ravaged by high water a week ago. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch through Sunday evening for nearly the entire state. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that killed at least 37 people, rain started falling…
Foster Family Delivers Supplies to Kentucky Floods Victims
Volunteers have fanned out across eastern Kentucky to help residents displaced this week by severe flooding that swept away homes and vehicles, and killed at least 37 people, the governor said on Wednesday. Although the number of confirmed deaths has held steady at 37, Governor Andy Beshear said he expected the toll to increase by…
Appeals Court Reinstates Abortion Ban in Kentucky
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has reinstated a “trigger” abortion ban in the state, allowing the restriction to be in force amid ongoing litigation. The ruling by Judge Larry E. Thompson (pdf) was in favor of Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who had asked the court on July 29 for an emergency stay after a lower court’s…
Kentucky Floods Kill at Least 37 as More Storms Forecast
Floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky have killed at least 37 people, including four children, Governor Andy Beshear said on Monday while warning that more dangerous weather is approaching the region. Beshear on Monday morning confirmed 30 deaths, followed by five more in an afternoon briefing, when he said there would be yet…
Pelosi Expected to Visit Taiwan; Biden Admin to Give ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants | NTD News Today
ICE wants to give ID cards to illegal immigrants. The agency says paper documents are inefficient. But why do some lawmakers oppose the plan? Arkansas Republicans disqualify one county’s newly elected GOP delegates. But the county’s new chairperson says it’s a case of established Republicans trying to maintain power, and not giving the state convention…
Kansas Aug. 2 ‘Value Them Both’ Vote First of at Least 6 Abortion Measures on 2022 Ballots
July 30, 2022
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The Kansas ‘Value Them Both’ amendment goes before Sunflower State voters as a special election on their Aug. 2 primary ballots. The ballot measure asks voters to remove access to abortion as a right guaranteed under the Kansas Constitution in a 2019 state Supreme Court ruling. It is the nation’s first public referendum on abortion…
Appalachian Floods Kill at Least 16 as Rescue Teams Deploy
JACKSON, Ky.—Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s governor said 16 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling. “We’ve still got a lot of…
Flooding in Central Appalachia Kills at Least 8 in Kentucky
JACKSON, Ky.—Torrential rains unleashed devastating floods in Appalachia on Thursday, as fast-rising water killed at least eight people in Kentucky and sent people scurrying to rooftops to be rescued. Water gushed from hillsides and flooded out of streambeds, inundating homes, businesses, and roads throughout eastern Kentucky. Parts of western Virginia and southern West Virginia also…
Heavy Rains Cause Flooding, Power Outages in Appalachia
Rescue workers plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water Thursday in central Appalachia, where torrential rains unleashed what Kentucky’s governor described as some of the worst flooding in the state’s history. One emergency official in hard-hit eastern Kentucky described the situation as “catastrophic” as water rescue crews searched for stranded people. Gov. Andy Beshear said…
GOP Hits Historic Milestone in Kentucky, Surpassing Democrats in Number of Registered Voters
Kentucky politics have just undergone a major phase shift, with Republicans surpassing Democrats in the number of registered voters for the first time in history. The Kentucky State Board of Elections on July 15 released its monthly voter registration numbers, showing 1,609,569 registered as Democrats and 1,612,060 voters registered as Republicans. The red wave now engulfing…
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