Government
Cameron never came close to matching Beshear campaign’s fundraising
FRANKFORT — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection campaign raised and spent more than four times the dollars raised and spent by his Republican challenger Attorney General Daniel Cameron in this fall’s general election — a difference that figured in Beshear’s victory. Reports filed this week by the two campaigns covering fundraising and spending through the […]
Sen. Damon Thayer, Republican floor leader, will not run for reelection
Sen. Damon Thayer, a Georgetown Republican and the Kentucky Senate’s majority floor leader for a decade, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection. “I have decided not to seek reelection to the state Senate in 2024,” Thayer said. “The end of my current term next year will mark 22 years in the Senate and 12 […]
Georgetown’s Phillip Pratt will not seek reelection to Kentucky House in 2024
A four-term member of the Kentucky House will not seek reelection in 2024. Rep. Phillip Pratt, R-Georgetown, said in a press release that he appreciated the “opportunity to serve Scott County in the Kentucky House of Representatives.” Pratt will serve in the upcoming 2024 regular session beginning in January. His term ends at the end […]
‘Today, everybody’s just a Kentuckian’
FRANKFORT — Jason Johnson was pleasantly surprised a couple of weeks ago when he got a call from his high school principal. The governor’s office wanted Johnson, 41, the band director at Pike Central High School in Eastern Kentucky, and his dozens of band students to march in the inauguration parade down Capital Avenue and […]
Beshear speaks of unity and hope over hate in second inaugural speech
FRANKFORT — Standing in front of Kentucky’s Capitol, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday spoke of hope and unity for the next four years.? Beshear and Lt.? Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, who? were inaugurated for the second time, highlighted in their addresses the accomplishments of their first term, stressing economic development, and honored Kentuckians who overcame […]
Dr. Steven Stack, MC for private swearing-in, praises Beshear, recalls their pandemic work
State Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack was master of ceremonies for Gov. Andy Beshear’s private swearing-in ceremony as Tuesday began, providing a platform for him to reflect on his and Beshear’s work during the pandemic, work that won public approval and set Beshear up for reelection. Taking the lectern in the Capitol Rotunda after Land […]
Former Gov. Julian Carroll will lie in state at Kentucky Capitol Friday
Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll, who died Sunday at 92, will lie in state at the state Capitol on Friday, Dec. 15. Carroll, who also served as speaker of the Kentucky House and as a state senator, will lie in state in the Rotunda from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. until […]
Judge rules Kentucky’s charter school law unconstitutional
A Franklin Circuit Court judge on Monday struck down a law allowing charter schools in Kentucky, ahead of an expected effort in next year’s legislature to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would allow public money to be spent on private schools. Judge Phillip Shepherd declared 2022’s House Bill 9 unconstitutional in a […]
Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll dies at 92
Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Morton Carroll, who focused as the state’s 54th governor from 1974 to 1979 on providing more money to education, initiating judicial reforms and promoting the coal industry, died at 4:46 a.m Sunday at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center.? He was 92. Carroll, a Democrat, died at the center after falling at […]
First case of chronic wasting disease confirmed in Kentucky
Kentucky wildlife management officials say a deer in West Kentucky has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) — a fatal neurological disease that impacts elk, deer and other species in the deer family — marking the first such case in the state.? A Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources release Thursday states two […]
Frankfort Democrat Derrick Graham to not seek reelection
Kentucky House Democratic Caucus Leader Derrick Graham will not run for reelection in 2024, he announced Friday.? Graham, a Frankfort Democrat, said in a statement that, “I feel strongly that now is the time to give someone else the chance to be our next state representative, a job I have loved since first being elected […]