5+ day, 2+ hour 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…...

5+ day, 8+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 7+ 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…...

2+ week, 4+ 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, 5+ day 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, 5+ day 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, 6+ 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…...

3+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (822+ words) Rep. Steven Doan, R-Erlanger, thinks it's important to raise the issue of children intervening in their parents' divorce cases and possibly enacting legislation in future sessions "just so we don't have a rash of cases." (LRC Public Information) Three Republican…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (484+ words) FRANKFORT " The Kentucky Senate's version of the state budget proposal keeps cuts made by the House to tobacco cessation." Barring any changes, the legislature will put just shy of $1. 8 million in the 2026-2027 fiscal year and about $1. 6 million in the 2027-2028 year…...