by Chris Mayhew , cmayhew@communitypress.com – Northern Kentucky county clerks are preparing for lines of people seeking to vote on Election Day after months of political bluster and debate. Voters can cast ballots in Kentucky from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Presidential election voters are expected to bring out 65 percent or more…
by Ryland Barton – Lurking beneath the headlines of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s bids for president, there’s a battle waging for Kentucky’s state House of Representatives. Democrats have much to lose — it’s the last legislative chamber controlled by the party in any Southern state. Republicans have everything to gain — if they net four…
by JOSH JAMES – A University of Kentucky election law expert says claims of election rigging by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump don’t square with the evidence. Talk of voter fraud has been on the rise since the real estate mogul began raising the specter of an engineered outcome in next month’s election. The GOP nominee recently…
by Joseph Gerth , @Joe_Gerth – A new radio ad for Rep. John Yarmuth’s reelection stars President Barack Obama, who spends most of his time attacking Gov. Matt Bevin and his attempts to roll back Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion. U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth is on the air with a radio ad starring President Barack Obama that promotes…
By WKYT News Staff | HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WKYT) — Attorney General Andy Beshear has teamed up with Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to host a summit aimed at fighting back against the Tri-State region’s opioid crisis. The meeting coined as, “Taking Back Our Communities: Combating the Opiate Epidemic” was held…
BY BILL ESTEP, bestep@herald-leader.com – The cost of workplace health insurance premiums rose more slowly in Kentucky and the nation in recent years, but ate up a greater share of people’s income because pay raises didn’t keep pace, according to a report released Wednesday. Premiums for a family plan in Kentucky went up an average of…
By Jacqueline Nie | FRANKLIN, Ky. (WBKO) — James Comer spent his Tuesday afternoon visiting with South Central Kentuckians. Comer says he is hitting the campaign trail hard, trying to remind people that there are more races on the ballot than the presidential. Judge Executive Jim Henderson says Simpson County is a connector county, between the…
by Kevin Wheatley, @KWheatley_cn2 – FRANKFORT — Advocates for a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee rights for crime victims told lawmakers Tuesday that they will try a second time to pass the bill after it fell short in this year’s legislative session. The bill, named Marsy’s Law after Marsalee Nicholas, would give victims of violent crime…
by ALAN LYTLE & LAURA CULLEN GLASSCOCK & KENTUCKY GAZETTE – With election day exactly two weeks away what will be the major storyline coming out of Frankfort? Laura Cullen Glasscock of the Kentucky Gazette and WUKY’s Alan Lytle discuss the latest GOP effort to take over the State House of Representatives. Listen here.
by Tanner Hesterberg | HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – The two men vying to represent Kentucky’s 84th House District for the next four years squared off at a forum Monday night in Hazard. Rep. Fitz Steele, a Democrat, is trying to hold off Republican challenger Chris Fugate. Steele and Fugate discussed their views during the town hall…