Guthrie on Coronavirus: “We Need to Prepare.”

By WBKO News Staff WASHINGTON, DC (WBKO) – Second District U.S.Congressman Brett Guthrie from Bowling Green is the senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, and Republican leader of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Wednesday he questioned U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and other senior administration officials…

Photo of Gov. Beshear at LGBTQ event stirs controversy among Republicans

By Jordan Whitaker ELLIOT COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT)- Kentucky Republicans jumped on Governor Andy Beshear’s decision to speak at a statewide LGBTQ rally last week, according to a report from the Lexington Herald-Leader. In a video shared to the Rowan County Republicans Facebook page by Representative-elect Richard White, State Senator Phillip Wheeler (R-Pikeville) was shown telling White’s supporters…

McConnell Linked Group Funds Ads In NC Campaign

By ASSOCIATED PRESS A political committee linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says it’s funding ads designed to meddle in next month’s North Carolina Democratic Senate primary. New campaign finance documents show the Senate Leadership Fund provided nearly $3 million to the Faith and Power PAC, which is running commercials backing Senate candidate Erica Smith.…

Kentucky Group Pushes For Gas Tax Increase

BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – A group of business leaders want lawmakers to increase the gas tax. The Kentucky Infrastructure Coalition spoke to lawmakers on the House Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation Monday, urging them to find more funding for road projects, including a rise in the motor fuel tax. Supporters said a new infrastructure bill…

Kentucky governor taking nominations for higher ed boards

By WBKO News Staff FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Gov. Andy Beshear is taking nominations to Kentucky university boards and other higher education boards. Vacancies will be considered during the Governor’s Post-secondary Education Nominating Committee’s next meeting. Boards include the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville boards of trustees; boards of regents at Western Kentucky University, Kentucky State,…