Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron will take the debate stage at Northern Kentucky University tonight. Sponsored by LINK nky, WCPO, the League of Women Voters of Kentucky, and the Northern Kentucky Forum, this will be the only gubernatorial debate in Northern Kentucky this election. The debate is set for 7 to 8 […]
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Ball claims she asked Beshear administration for audit of disaster donations, was rejected
Written by Jack Brammer for Kentucky Lantern State Treasurer Allison Ball claimed Monday night that Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration turned down her request for an audit of millions of dollars in disaster relief funds it had generated from donations. Ball said the state Public Protection Cabinet, which oversees the funds, said “no thank you” to […]
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Woman in Beshear’s abortion ad says she wants to give voice to victims
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Hadley Duvall, a 21-year-old from Owensboro, said speaking about her experience with sexual abuse amid debates on abortion rights is a calling for her. That’s why Duvall is appearing in an ad for Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection campaign. After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in […]
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Beshear, Cameron to debate at NKU this October
Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron will take the debate stage at Northern Kentucky University on Oct. 16. Sponsored by LINK nky, WCPO, the League of Women Voters of Kentucky, and the Northern Kentucky Forum, this will be the only gubernatorial debate in Northern Kentucky this election. The debate is set for 7 […]
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Newport’s $134 million Margaritaville Resort gets first approval for tax incentives
Gov. Andy Beshear’s office released details on the planned Margaritaville Resort in Newport, which the city council approved in April, in a press release Wednesday. The $133.6 million resort “is expected to create 282 jobs, 187 full-time and 95 part-time, and provide an economic boost to the region,” the release reads. “We just celebrated our […]
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Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones dies at 84
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones has died. Jones, a Democrat, served one term as governor from 1991 to 1995. He was also lieutenant governor from 1987 to 1991. Jones was 84. Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed his death on social media Monday afternoon. In addition to his political career, Jones […]
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Aerospace firm with large Walton campus investing $65 million for facility upgrades
A multinational aerospace manufacturing firm is investing $65 million into their Walton campus, where they manufacture aircraft wheels and carbon brakes for mega-companies like Boeing. With the return of mass air travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, global demand for carbon composite brakes for aircraft has increased. To meet that demand, Safran Landing […]
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Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign
Written by Bruce Schreiner for the Associated Press Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has pushed his opposition to Kentucky’s abortion ban to the forefront of his reelection campaign by linking his Republican challenger to an extreme scenario of the strict law — requiring young victims of rape or incest to carry their pregnancies to term. Beshear’s […]
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Cameron joins four AGs in warning law firms to end race-based hiring practices
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined a group of GOP attorneys general in warning 100 of the nation’s largest law firms against using race-based hiring practices for employment and contract workers. The nine-page letter sent on Tuesday to executives of American Lawyer 100 Firms calls for the firms to […]
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Cameron touts FOP endorsement at Covington campaign stop
The largest police union in the commonwealth — the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police –has endorsed Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron for governor over incumbent Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear. While the announcement was unveiled last week, Cameron was in Northern Kentucky on Tuesday morning touting the endorsement at the Covington Fraternal Order of Police Lodge. […]