In 2022, more than a thousand crashes occurred in highway work zones in Kentucky, with five resulting in a fatality. Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet shared those statistics with the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation on Tuesday. Several lawmakers on the committee said they hope to fix Kentucky’s highway work zone safety problems in […]
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Beshear, Dewine to announce design partners for new Brent Spence Bridge today
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will appear in Covington today to announce the design partners for the new Brent Spence Companion Bridge. The announcement comes a year and a half after the two governors signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Covington. They will be joined by Jim Gray, secretary Kentucky Transportation […]
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Legislative committee discusses future of child care funding
It is no secret Kentucky’s childcare industry struggled during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding came to the rescue, but a major portion of those funds will run out in September. The Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children met Tuesday to discuss the state’s future of childcare […]
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Christ Hospital enters into fight over certificate of need in Kentucky
Christ Hospital has entered the conversation around certificate of need in Kentucky after it registered as a lobbyist with the Kentucky legislature, according to documents obtained by LINK nky from the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. The Cincinnati-based hospital registered with the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission in June, and under its registration filing, said it plans […]
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How invasive carp are affecting Kentucky’s wildlife
Fish such as bass and bluegill are welcome in Kentucky’s waters, but invasive carp have devastated the state’s economy, state lawmakers heard last week. The Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture received updates from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources on efforts to manage invasive carp in the commonwealth’s waterways. “They can out-compete native […]
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Three NKY counselors named to state advisory council
The Kentucky Department of Education named three Northern Kentucky school counselors to the School Counselor Advisory Council for 2023-2024. The council gives input to the education commissioner and discusses educational priorities with school counselors and department staff. “Members of the School Counselor Advisory Council offer incredibly valuable insight to us at KDE from the field […]
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Culture war issue front and center in latest governor’s ads
In an ad released Monday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear works to distance himself from a claim by his opponent, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, that Beshear supports gender reassignment surgery for children. The ad, and an ad from a Political Action Committee, known as a PAC, supporting Cameron, show that national culture war topics are likely […]
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Beshear pushes back against transgender-related attacks by GOP in Kentucky campaign
Written by Bruce Schreiner for Associated Press Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is pushing back hard against Republican efforts to cast him as an advocate of gender reassignment surgery for minors, saying his detractors have misrepresented his position and invoking his Christian faith and support for parental rights to explain why he vetoed a measure that […]
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Former NKY statehouse candidate files defamation suit against state Democratic Party
A former Republican statehouse candidate filed a defamation lawsuit against the Kentucky Democratic Party, the state party chair, and his former opponent last week in Campbell County Circuit court. Jerry Gearding, who lost to Rep. Rachel Roberts (D-Newport) in the 67th District in 2022, filed the lawsuit over campaign materials he said aren’t true and […]
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Beshear most popular Democratic governor amongst Republicans, poll says
Gov. Andy Beshear remains the most popular Democratic governor in the country, even amongst the state’s Republican voters, according to a poll released Monday. The Morning Consult Poll showed that 64% of Kentucky voters approve of Beshear, with 32% disapproving, according to the survey conducted from April 1 to June 30. Forty-nine percent of Republicans […]
