Northern Kentucky will be front and center when Gov. Andy Beshear takes his second oath of office during the state’s 62nd inauguration on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Administering the oath will be Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle M. Keller, now in her second full term as Justice for the 6th Supreme Court District, including 13 counties […]
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NKY attorney Ed Massey to run for former House seat in 2024
Northern Kentucky attorney Ed Massey wants to return to Frankfort as State Rep. Ed Massey in 2025. The former two-term Boone County legislator and House Judiciary Committee chairman filed as a Republican candidate for his old 66th District House seat on Dec. 1. The seat is currently held by Rep. Steve Rawlings (R-Burlington), who defeated […]
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Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll dies at 92
Written by McKenna Horsley and Jack Brammer for the Kentucky Lantern Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Morton Carroll, who focused as the state’s 54th governor from 1974 to 1979 on providing more money to education, initiating judicial reforms and promoting the coal industry, died at 4:46 a.m Sunday at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center. He was 92. […]
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NKY tourism supported over 12k jobs, $556 million in wages, benefits in 2022
Tourism activity supported 12,227 jobs and generated approximately $556 million in wages, benefits and other labor income in Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in 2022, according to a 2023 state economic impact report. Overall, the three counties were responsible for 13.4% of tourism-supported jobs in Kentucky in 2022, according to the report generated by research […]
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Meet LINK nky Frankfort Correspondent Rebecca Hanchett
LINK nky Frankfort Correspondent Rebecca Hanchett is new to LINK Media, but she’s not new to Northern Kentucky. Much of her family still lives in Grant County, where her grandfather, Lester Mullins, was active in regional NKY politics. Hanchett spent her early years in Florence, where her family lived while her father served with the […]
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How wealthy donors legally gave even more to Democratic Party during Beshear’s campaign
Written by Tom Loftus for Kentucky Lantern Ahead of last month’s governor’s race, London Mayor Randall Weddle and other Kentuckians gave big to a type of political committee that allows wealthy donors to make massive legal contributions. Weddle, whose earlier excess contributions to Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection effort had drawn regulatory scrutiny, contributed $550,000 on Oct. […]
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NKY Chamber event highlights 2024 legislative priorities
Exactly how the 2024 annual legislative session in Frankfort will unfold is still uncertain. No pre-filed bills (which have been posted publicly on the website of the Legislative Research Commission before the start of each annual session in years past) have been officially posted for the 2024 session, although several Northern Kentucky lawmakers have announced […]
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More candidates file to run for Kentucky’s congressional seats and General Assembly
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern With little more than a month before the election filing deadline, a few more candidates have signed papers seeking election to the Kentucky General Assembly and U.S. Congress. The deadline is Jan. 5, 2024 to file to appear on the primary election ballot. Next year, Kentucky voters […]
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Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice commissioner resigns effective Jan. 1
Written by Sarah Ladd for the Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Vicki Reed has resigned, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. Beshear, who will begin his second term Dec. 12, also announced that Jeremy Slinker, director of Kentucky Emergency Management, is leaving the administration to take a job with the Federal Emergency Management […]
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Sen. John Schickel announces retirement
Boone County Senator John Schickel (R-Union) has announced his retirement. Schickel has been representing the 11th District in Boone County since 2009, and he says that after 16 years, his time has come to an end. “I have always thought citizen legislators should not make a career out of their service because I strongly believe […]
