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Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky On the night he won reelection in ruby-red Kentucky, Andy...
Measles cases continue to rise in Kentuckiana
Beshear chairs Democratic Governor's Association. The U.S. will have 30 Democratic Governors in the new year.
Republican Andy Barr has won Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Charles Booker in the November 3 general election. . With all 120 counties and all 3,189 precincts reporting, the Kentucky Secretary of State's Election Night Reporting page listed Andy Barr with 784,867 votes and Charles Booker with 612,349. That puts Barr ahead by approximately 172,518 votes in the unofficial tally. Christopher Todd Campbell, a third-party candidate, received 29,865 votes, with 126 write-ins also recorded.
Kentucky's fall LIHEAP heating subsidy enrolls households Nov. 9 to Dec. 18, with state-plan benefits of $21 to $250 paid straight to the heating vendor.
One farmers market on this list started out with just six vendors. Today it counts more than 90. I love that kind of glow-up, because it means a whole town kept showing up on Saturday mornings. Another market here pairs local chefs with nearby farmers for special tasting events. A...
Kentucky Democrats flipped nine seats in the statehouse Tuesday, though Republicans’ supermajority in the General Assembly was unchanged in this General Election. Some of the races were extremely close and candidates may request recounts. Republican Rep. Jeff Hodgson was just 100 votes ahead of Democrat William Zorn, according to the State Board of Elections.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) responded to Rep. Ro Khanna’s (D-CA) declaration that DEI is back after the 2026 midterms and whether Democrats should avoid social issues by stating that “I think you need to stand up for your convictions.” And that he has vetoed “every anti-LGBTQ+ bill” on his desk.
GREENUP COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) - KY 784 will temporarily close starting next week as crews begin replacing a deteriorating culvert with an aluminum box culvert, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. KYTC says it was temporarily close KY 784 at KY 3308 (mile marker 32.35) on Monday, Nov. 9, at...
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., is in the national spotlight after a sweeping wave of Democratic gubernatorial victories across the country. On Thursday during a news briefing, Beshear, who chairs the Democratic Governors Association, said that the group’s success came from a coordinated effort among sitting Democratic governors, donors and candidates.
Horse-drawn buggies share the two-lane roads here with pickup trucks, and nobody seems to mind. Hand-painted signs point down gravel lanes toward farm stands, furniture shops, and bakeries run by Amish families. The community here ranks among the larger Amish settlements in Kentucky. Shops sit on family farms instead of...
KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Flu season is starting early in Kentucky, and state health officials say they are already seeing more flu activity than they did at this time last year. Dr. Steven Stack said the flu can cause fever, body aches and exhaustion. “The flu is a miserable disease for...
Democrat Almaria Baker has defeated Republican incumbent Jared Bauman in Kentucky’s 28th House District, helping deliver a series of Democratic victories in… The post Almaria Baker Defeats Republican Incumbent Jared Bauman in Kentucky House Race Amid Big Gains by Democrats appeared first on Shine My Crown .
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Young voters in Kentucky swung sharply toward Democrats this year compared with 2024, according to a New York Times analysis, and young Democrats say candidates who look like them helped drive the change. Kentucky Democrats flipped a U.S. House seat and nine statehouse seats on Tuesday.
Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty of Martin, the last remaining state Democratic legislator in office from Eastern Kentucky, did not seek reelection.
Some Eastern Kentucky races were decided by margins of fewer than 50 votes.
2 Kentucky schools were on soft lockdown after report mistakes leaves for ‘hunter’ in safety orange.
This column was originally published in the Northern Kentucky Tribune. Tuesday’s blue tsunami that gave Kentucky one more Democratic congressman, two more Democratic state senators and eight more Democratic state House members raises at least two questions: Would Gov. Andy Beshear have won the race for U.S. senator, and does the Democratic surge give that […]
After launching the second annual Team Kentucky Food Drive on Nov. 1 for state employees, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that the general public can now donate.
