What you need to know The Ludlow City Council and Ludlow’s Mayor, Sarah Thompson, laid out their positions on the hiring process of Chris Courtney as a new city administrator at a special meeting Thursday night, a week after a motion to appoint Courtney failed to even get a second, never mind a vote. “Sounds […]
Category: Politics
Posted inNews
NKY Democrats talk planning, conservation and growth at forum
What you need to know Democratic county candidates from around the region came out to the Erlanger branch of the Kenton County Public Library this week to discuss conservation, planning, economic growth and other issues on the minds of local voters. Questions spanned a variety of topics but mostly focused on conservation, land use and […]
Posted inNews
Florence City Council rejects QuikTrip development off Burlington Pike
What you need to know The City of Florence unanimously voted to kill a project that would’ve led to the development of a QuikTrip convenience store and gas station off Burlington Pike. Initially proposed in early January, QuikTrip, the seventh-largest convenience store chain in the United States, aimed to develop a two-acre plot of land […]
Posted inNews
Union city administrator to depart after five years
Union’s city administrator has announced her impending departure after five years in the position. During a Union Commission caucus meeting on April 21, City Administrator Amy Safran announced she would be leaving in the coming months to relocate to the state of Washington. Safran was hired for the role in June 2021, succeeding David Plummer, […]
Posted inNews
Edgewood city clerk honored as clerk of the year
Edgewood City Clerk Belinda Nitschke has been honored as the 2026 Clerk of the Year by the Kentucky Municipal Clerks Association. Nitschke was honored on April 16 at the association’s annual spring conference in Paducah. Nitschke was nominated by Edgewood City Administrator Brian Dehner. “She exemplifies the very best of the municipal clerk profession through […]
Posted inNews
Fort Thomas to consider updating bike laws, more in NKY gov
This week in NKY government meetings, Fort Thomas is considering changes to its bike ordinance, while Newport will discuss an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police regarding salaries. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. What happened last week […]
Posted inElections
Democrat Jacqueline Coleman announces 2027 run for Kentucky governor
Standing in front of the Hall of Governors at the Kentucky Historical Society, Democratic Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced her 2027 run for governor Monday morning. The 43-year-old, who is a former teacher, assistant principal and basketball coach, is making public education a cornerstone of her campaign. Coleman was Gov. Andy Beshear’s running mate for […]
Posted inNews
Ludlow deadlocked over city administrator appointment
What you need to know Ludlow is deadlocked over a proposed appointment of Chris Courtney, who currently serves as the associate director of local government services for the Northern Kentucky Area Development District, to the position of city administrator. Ludlow Mayor Sarah Thompson, who was appointed as mayor last fall after the previous Mayor Chris […]
Posted inNews
Southgate keeps Mayor, Council salaries unchanged after public pushback
At the April 1 city council meeting, Southgate introduced an ordinance to make changes to an existing ordinance regarding the council and mayor’s salaries. Many council members were left concerned, one even taking to Facebook to inform community members, sparking community backlash. Ordinance 26-03 was introduced to rewrite Ordinance 91-11, an ordinance that was originally […]
Posted inPolitics
Housing, data center legislation dies on final day of 2026 session
In the final hours of this year’s legislative session, Republicans sent more legislation to the governor but failed to pass bills aimed at tackling the state’s housing shortage and protecting ratepayers from bearing the costs of supplying electricity to data centers. The legislature also restored funding to public universities that it had earlier cut. Lawmakers […]
