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What’s next for Kentucky’s Liberty Republicans??
Liberty Republicans see good signs for their movement in Kentucky after most of their incumbents won in Tuesday’s primary and a couple of challengers defeated more establishment-type GOP lawmakers. The successes came despite Liberty candidates being largely outspent. Looking ahead, Liberty Republicans are hoping to branch out across the state from their Northern Kentucky stronghold […]
Hazard event kicks off campaign against what foes call the ‘voucher amendment’
Fresh off Kentucky’s primary election, opponents are launching a campaign against a constitutional amendment that will go before voters in November and would allow the General Assembly to fund nonpublic schools.? In the first of a series of “kickoffs” scheduled across the state, opponents of Amendment 2 gathered Thursday at East Perry Elementary School in […]
Field is set for open seats in the Kentucky General Assembly
The race is on for nine open seats in the Kentucky General Assembly, while some legislative races were decided in Tuesday’s primary, though not by many voters. Statewide, turnout was 12.71%, according to unofficial numbers. The turnout in the 2023 primary was only about 14.5%, despite including a highly contested Republican gubernatorial race. Eight House […]
Biden issues major disaster declaration for 11 Kentucky counties after April storms
President Joe Biden issued a major disaster declaration for 11 Kentucky counties affected by recent severe storms in April.? Federal assistance will supplement state and local recovery efforts in areas “ affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides, and mudslides on April 2, 2024,” a White House press release said.? Federal funding will be […]
Few upsets as Kentuckians nominate candidates for November election
Kentucky legislators largely staved off primary challengers, although a few will be out of office, as voters on Tuesday picked candidates for the November election. Republican Reps. Killian Timoney, of Nicholasville, and Richard Heath, of Mayfield, lost to GOP opponents. Republican Sen. Adrienne Southworth, of Lawrenceburg, was defeated as well, according to unofficial results Tuesday […]
Hotline logs one report of Election Day vote buying or selling. More Kentuckians voted early.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said his office’s Election Integrity Command Center received one possible report of vote buying or selling among calls it took Tuesday morning.? What you need to know about voting in Kentucky’s primary election today Coleman reported that in the first few hours of voting in Tuesday’s primary, the center received […]
Kentucky Supreme Court allows Kulkarni to stand in Tuesday primary, despite challenge
LOUISVILLE —?The Kentucky Supreme Court will allow Louisville Democratic Rep. Nima Kulkarni to stand as a candidate in Tuesday’s primary election after she has faced legal challenges to her candidacy paperwork.? The Supreme Court granted the representative’s motion to remain in the 40th House District Democratic primary, reversing a decision from the Kentucky Court of […]
Voting basics for Kentucky’s Tuesday primary election
Polls will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. as voters choose nominees for president, Congress, the Kentucky General Assembly and many local offices. Any voter who is in line by 6 p.m. will be allowed to cast a ballot.? Kentucky does not have same-day registration. But if you registered to vote 29 […]
As early voting begins, use it or risk losing it, says Kentucky’s chief elections officer
As early voting began Thursday, one of the first to cast a ballot — and to show his support for the process — was Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams. In a recent interview with the Lantern, Adams applauded the defeat of a recent legislative proposal to repeal early voting. “I do encourage voters to […]
Louisville Democratic Rep. Nima Kulkarni ruled off ballot by Court of Appeals
LOUISVILLE — A sitting Democratic state representative has been disqualified as a primary candidate after the Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed a recent Jefferson County Circuit Court decision.? Rep. Nima Kulkarni, who filed to run for a fourth term in the 40th House District, is not a bona fide candidate, according to the panel of […]
Kentucky voters have some choices to make in legislative contests
FRANKFORT — Kentuckians going to the polls for the May 21 primary have choices to make about who will represent them in Frankfort, even if there’s no suspense about who the nominees for U.S. president will be. GOP control of the legislature is not at risk this year; Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers. But […]
University of Kentucky Senate votes no confidence in president over governance changes
LEXINGTON — The University of Kentucky’s University Senate has approved a resolution of no confidence against President Eli Capilouto in response to his proposal to strip faculty of power over academic decisions at the university.? The vote, which was 58-24 with 11 abstaining, was taken during a Monday afternoon meeting of the University Senate. The […]