Outside Student Union Room 107A at Northern Kentucky University last December, public educators from around the region spoke animatedly in groups after the university’s board of regents declined to vote on whether it would become an authorizer for the region’s impending charter school. Authorizers are the institutions that can approve, deny and oversee charter schools. […]
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How an off-year election could affect Kentucky’s race for governor
You’ve probably heard there’s a gubernatorial election coming up. But wait. It’s 2023. Why are we voting for governor in an off-year? Kentucky is one of only three states that holds off-year gubernatorial elections. Along with Louisiana and Mississippi, the state’s highest office will be decided during a year when voters won’t already be coming […]
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Beshear, Cameron continue to show their differences in KET debate
Written by the Kentucky Lantern staff Kentucky’s gubernatorial candidates — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron — further differentiated themselves on topics like education, abortion and the coronavirus pandemic in their fourth debate at KET’s Lexington studios Monday evening. During the debate, both candidates pressed the other on their campaign talking […]
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TONIGHT: Beshear, Cameron to debate at NKU
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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$13.9 million in grants distributed from Kentucky opioid settlement funds
Written by Sarah Ladd for the Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Monday the distribution of $13.9 million in grants to organizations fighting the opioid epidemic through recovery and prevention services in Kentucky. Standing in the Capitol Rotunda, Cameron called the opioid crisis the “public safety challenge of our lifetime” that continues to be “unacceptable.” […]
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Daniel Cameron campaigns in Wilder
With a little over one month to go until the Kentucky Governor’s election on Nov. 7, Republican nominee and current Attorney General Daniel Cameron made a stop to campaign in Northern Kentucky. Cameron, facing the incumbent governor and Democratic nominee Andy Beshear, was at the Wilder City Building to speak on themes from the COVID-19 […]
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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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The Sunday Story Podcast: KY governor race heats up with record spending, attack ads
This week on the Sunday Story Podcast, LINK nky Government and Politics Reporter Mark Payne dives in to election financing in the Kentucky Governors race. Enjoy this story two ways – listen below or read the full story here. — On a cool spring Kentucky Monday in April, an Axiom Strategies staffer stood outside Mokka Sunset […]
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Cameron now says he would sign rape, incest exceptions to Kentucky’s abortion ban
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron on Monday said he would sign legislation allowing exceptions to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban in cases of rape and incest — signaling a departure from his past comments on the law. Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general, said in an interview on the Tony […]