By Jordan Whitaker | BIG SANDY, Ky. (WYMT) – A Kentucky Democrat has announced that he is running for the former seat of Rocky Adkins. Bill Redwine is a Sandy Hook native and for almost 40 years has worked for Morehead State University. The seat was vacated when Adking stepped down to become senior advisor to Governor…
By JOSH JAMES A Kentucky Republican lawmaker is seeking to limit the pardon powers of the governor, following a series of controversial pardons and commutations issued by former Gov. Matt Bevin during his final days in office. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Chris McDaniel, would eliminate the governor’s power to pardon 30 days before an election and after…
BY DAVID GUILDFORD | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. – January is National Radon Action Month. The gas is colorless and odorless, putting it out of sight and mind for most people. That’s exactly why it can pose serious health problems, or prove fatal. People can then breathe in the gas as it breaks down in soil and comes in…
By The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling for bipartisan cooperation during a legislative session that will be dominated by work on a new two-year state budget. State lawmakers will convene Tuesday for a 60-day session that will stretch into mid-April. Republicans hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate,…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lawmakers are returning to Kentucky’s Capitol to start a 60-day session that will be dominated by work on a new state budget. The House and Senate will convene at midday Tuesday. This year’s session will stretch into mid-April. Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers, but there’s a new political dynamic with Democrat…
BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky state Representative Charles Booker wants to take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November. Booker officially entered the U.S. Senate race Sunday, January 5. Booker held a rally in front of community leaders and friends and told the crowd why he believes he is the…
By Ryland Barton A little more than two months after Kentucky voters weighed in on who they want to govern them for the next four years, the state’s new batch of constitutional officers were sworn in Monday morning. Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman were inaugurated in December but the constitution requires the five…
BY AMBER SMITH KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Food halls and markets are popping up all over the country and Kentucky is getting on board with the trend. Food halls are similar to mall food courts, except, instead of fast food options, the halls have local restaurants, butcher shops and more. Public market concepts are similar, but have other…
If you smoke and are thinking about quitting in 2020, you’re not alone. Data released from the Greater Cincinnati Adult Tobacco Survey show that 54 percent of adult smokers in the Greater Cincinnati region have attempted to quit in the past year, and 72 percent are thinking about quitting for good. The survey of more…
By Bram Sable-Smith Dr. Angela Gatzke-Plamann didn’t fully grasp her community’s opioid crisis until one desperate patient called on a Friday afternoon in 2016. “He was in complete crisis because he was admitting to me that he had lost control of his use of opioids,” recalls Gatzke-Plamann. The patient had used opioids for several years for…