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We the People made morning-line favorite to win Saturday's Belmont Stakes

LOS ANGELES — The post position draw in the Belmont Stakes is not even close to being as critical as in the Kentucky Derby. The 1 1/2-mile distance combined with the wide sweeping turns at Belmont Park and a much smaller field gives racehorses plenty of time to recover from…

Los Angeles Times

Economy and Society: SEC’s disclosure proposal and the costs of compliance

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia

Can Mark Zuckerberg fix justice in America? He is betting $450m that he can

EXCLUSIVE: Key players behind the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s nearly half-a-billion dollar investment into criminal justice work tell Josh Marcus how they’re seeking to achieve a lofty goal: keeping more Americans out of the prison system and giving them a chance for something better

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Alex Chidiac's football journey takes her from Adelaide, to Spain, to Japan and now Kentucky

After winning the A-League Women's premiership, Alex Chidiac signs with US club Racing Louisville, committing a percentage of her salary to help young footballers overseas.

ABC News

Student wrestler, 20, dies after coaches ignore his desperate pleas for water

Grant Brace, 20, a student at the University of Cumberland in Kentucky, US, died of heatstroke after coaches did not allow him to have water due to his poor training performance

Daily Mirror

Mark Story: Will the Kentucky-Louisville football rivalry survive SEC expansion?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — If media reports are accurate, this week’s 2022 SEC spring meetings in Sandestin, Fla., have galvanized the debate over how many Southeastern Conference football games to play each season.

Tribune News Service

May Public Pension Plan Managers Use "Environmental, Social, and Governance" Investment Practices?

"[P]olitics has no place in Kentucky's public pensions.... '[S]takeholder capitalism' and 'environmental, social, and governance' investment practices that introduce mixed motivations to investment decisions are inconsistent with Kentucky law governing fiduciary duties owed by investment management firms to Kentucky's public pension plans."

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Kentucky GOP congressman calls for ending gun-free school zones in response to Uvalde

Comes during a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on legislation to combat gun violence

The Independent UK

Kentucky Democrat wears noose in new ad attacking Rand Paul

Kentucky Democrat Charles Booker appears on camera with a noose around his neck in a new online ad attacking his election opponent, Republican Sen. Rand Paul

The Independent UK

‘Confronting the trauma of our history.’ Booker campaign video invokes lynching with noose

A striking new digital video by Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker uses a noose around his own neck to highlight Sen. Rand Paul’s temporary blockage of an anti-lynching law.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

State representative advocates for Uvalde victim’s dad to leave Kentucky prison to attend daughter’s funeral

FORT WORTH, Texas — A state representative is advocating for the father of a Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim to be able to attend his daughter’s funeral after a report that he was denied compassionate release from a Kentucky prison.

Tribune News Service

PGA of America sells major-championship site Valhalla Golf Club to Louisville investors

Several Valhalla members form investment group to buy Valhalla, past site of majors and a Ryder Cup as well as the 2024 PGA.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Played With Fire: Four Arrested Over Huge Schoolhouse Blaze That Left Really Old Building In Ruins

The massive fire took place in the city of Sadieville, in Scott County, Kentucky.

Zenger

Alabama transfer Javon Baker will not enroll at Kentucky. That’s news to Baker.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Javon Baker, a transfer from Alabama whom the University of Kentucky announced as part of its 2022 signing class in February, is no longer coming to the school.

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The Independent UK

Kentucky mother admits to murdering her newborn by throwing him off second-storey balcony

The Clay County woman who confessed to her baby’s murder can face up to 40 years in prison

Benzinga

NV5 Secures $8M In Federal, State Geospatial Projects

NV5 Global Inc (NASDAQ:NVEE) has secured $8 million in recent contracts to provide geospatial data acquisition and data analytics services to support infrastructure, utility, and natural resource assets for public sector clients. NV5 was awarded two contracts totaling more than $4 million to support the U.S. Geological Survey's 3D Elevation Program in Kentucky…

The Independent UK

Jif peanut butter products recalled over salmonella outbreak traced to Kentucky plant

Cases have been reported in 14 states

Ballotpedia

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Elections took place in at least eight states on Tuesday, including statewide primaries in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Here’s a look at some noteworthy results in battleground races:

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Preakness 2022: On the eve of a more normal event, horse racing industry looks for hope in wake of a ‘very rough’ year

BALTIMORE — One year ago, Medina Spirit entered the Preakness with a dark cloud over him — the Kentucky Derby champion whose defining victory was in peril because of a medication violation and whose famous trainer, Bob Baffert, was facing suspensions in multiple jurisdictions.

The Independent UK

Federal judge again extends ban on Kentucky abortion law

A federal judge is extending an order blocking key portions of a new Kentucky abortion law

Tribune News Service

Jobless claims in US Climb to highest level since January

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week to the highest level since January, led by increased filings in Kentucky and California.

Ballotpedia

Kentucky announces plans to launch mobile unemployment insurance office

The Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) announced plans on May 11 to launch a mobile office that aims to help citizens access unemployment insurance services. The office aims to help those in poorer communities complete tasks like filing for unemployment benefits, verifying their identities, and determining their eligibility for…

Roll Call

Primaries show divisions are not only between the parties, but within them

Results were mixed on the influence of big endorsements and super PACs in races in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

The Independent UK

Katy Perry says moving to Kentucky reminded her that ‘Hollywood is not America’

‘You need to remember that because you can then understand people better’

Tribune News Service

Dispute over oversight is at heart of Senate’s Ukraine aid delay

WASHINGTON — To many observers on Capitol Hill and in foreign aid circles, Sen. Rand Paul’s lonely opposition to swift passage of a $40 billion package of military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine is nothing new. The Kentucky Republican has a well-known penchant for spending hawkishness mixed with dovishness…

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