The economy, education, housing, healthcare and AI were all topics of conversation Wednesday evening at a special NKY Chamber of Commerce event in Devou Park. The event saw an extended Q&A with Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne and Kentucky Senate President Rob Stivers, both Republicans, about key issues and how they planned to advocate for […]
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Across the river, higher voter turnout offers lessons for Northern Kentucky
Voters in Hamilton County, Ohio, turned out at a significantly higher rate than neighboring Northern Kentucky in last Tuesday’s general election, raising a familiar question. What could Kentucky do differently to get more people to the polls? While turnout increased across Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties compared to the 2022 midterm election, none came close […]
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General election turnout sees increase in early voting
The number of early voters in Northern Kentucky increased this year. All three clerks spoke with LINK nky Wednesday morning following the election. “Numbers were pretty high for early voting as compared to ’22, which were only like 10,000,” said Kenton County Clerk Gabrielle Summe. “So, we had 7,000 more people vote prior to the […]
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Williams, Funke Frommeyer win reelection to Kentucky Senate
Republican state Sens. Edwin “Gex” Williams and Shelley Funke Frommeyer secured reelection to the Kentucky Senate in Tuesday’s general election. Williams defeated Democrat Stella Pollard, while Funke Frommeyer defeated Democrat Josh Baker. According to reported statewide results, Williams received 20,793 votes, or 53.4% of the total, compared with Pollard’s 18,163 votes, or 46.6%. Williams won […]
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Who’s the new mayor in your city? Check out the 2026 winners
Click the county below to jump to a list of winners: Numerous mayoral seats in the Northern Kentucky region were up for grabs this year. Several of the region’s major population centers, including Florence, Erlanger, Fort Thomas and Independence saw contested races, along with some of the smaller cities. Mayors are the central executives of […]
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Meet NKY’s newly elected school board members
Incumbents largely held their ground, joined by a few newcomers in Northern Kentucky’s four competitive school board races on the Nov. 3 ballot, according to election results from the Kentucky Secretary of State. Five new representatives also joined boards of education at Beechwood, Dayton and Erlanger-Elsmere independent school districts in non-competitive races. School board members […]
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Meet your new Kentucky House reps
The election night results for the Kentucky House of Representatives are in, and we now know who the region’s new representatives in Frankfort will be. Several key Kentucky House seats were up for grabs in Northern Kentucky this year, including House District 65, which contains Covington, and District 67, the only district in NKY currently […]
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See who won city council seats across Campbell County
Voters across Campbell County elected dozens of city council members and commissioners on Nov. 3, deciding who will represent their communities for the next two years. Eight cities including Alexandria, Bellevue, Cold Spring, Fort Thomas, Highland Heights, Newport, Silver Grove and Southgate had contested races, with incumbents and challengers competing for a combined 40 seats. […]
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Here are your winners for Fort Thomas City Council
Fort Thomas voters elected six city council members on Tuesday following an 11-person race for the city’s six council seats. Adam Blau, Steve Arey, Lauren Mcintosh, Mary Anne Brown, Allison Alessandro, Brandon Roller defeated Ken Bowman, Eric Strange, Ben Pendery, Bradley Fennell and Frances A. Hoffman, according to election results from the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office. […]
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Tom Lampe wins Campbell County Commissioner Dist. 3
Tom Lampe won the race for Campbell County commissioner in District 3 on Tuesday defeating Brant Owens in the general election. Republican Lampe received 17,699 votes, while Democrat Owens received 16,357 votes, according to election results from the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office. County commissioners serve four-year terms, with the winner taking office Jan. 4, […]
