15+ hour, 5+ min ago  (441+ words) Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says a change in Kentucky's election laws could bolster a sitting lawmaker to run for his office in the future "particularly Republican Senate President Robert Stivers. However, the GOP leader said he didn't ask for the…...

21+ hour, 8+ min ago  (623+ words) FRANKFORT "The teetering checks and balances between Kentucky's judicial and legislative branches over the power to reprimand judges kept swinging Wednesday. The state Senate censured state Supreme Court Justice Kelly Thompson for quotes in a recent opinion that the Senate…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (913+ words) FRANKFORT " The Kentucky General Assembly overrode most of Gov. Andy Beshear's vetoes on Tuesday, including the judicial branch budget and most of the two-year state budget. Votes and floor speeches were largely along party lines. Democrats defended Beshear's vetoes as…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (12+ words) Lobbying interests fund small political nonprofit " and a Republican state senator'Kentucky Lantern...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (390+ words) Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state budget sent to him by the GOP-controlled legislature underfunds Medicaid and fails to meet the needs of Kentuckians and state government in other ways." Beshear during a press conference Thursday afternoon said…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (688+ words) FRANKFORT "The GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly has backed adding a statue of longtime Republican U. S. Sen. Mitch Mc Connell to a prominent location in the state Capitol. Late Wednesday night, the House and Senate agreed to changes to House Bill 757 to…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (419+ words) FRANKFORT " The GOP-controlled Kentucky legislature gave final passage to the state's executive branch budget allocating over $31 billion in General Fund revenues, sparking heated debates between Republicans and Democrats over funding for education, Medicaid and more." The Kentucky House of Representatives…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (323+ words) FRANKFORT " Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that critics say would block Kentuckians from suing pesticide companies for failing to warn of their products" hazards. Beshear called it "dangerous for Kentuckians" and something that "flies in the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (738+ words) Last August, as part of the federal government's crackdown on people in the country illegally, the Trump administration sent states the names of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees with orders to determine whether they were ineligible based on immigration…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (310+ words) FRANKFORT " A top GOP leader is calling for a statue of longtime Republican U. S. Sen. Mitch Mc Connell to be added to the Kentucky Capitol rotunda. Senate President Robert Stivers, of Manchester, said Thursday that he planned to file a resolution…...