This November’s attorney general race pits state Rep. Pamela Stevenson (D-Louisville) against former U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman (R). Current Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced his candidacy for governor earlier this year, leaving the office up for grabs. Attorney generals can only serve two consecutive terms of four years. Both Stevenson and Coleman are newcomers to […]
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How does the role of governor affect me in NKY?
In the spring of 2023, Gov. Andy Besher vetoed the controversial Senate bill 150 – which, among other things, bans gender-affirming care for those under 18 and dictates how schools and teachers can address sex education and gender identity. Just a few days later, the Legislature overrode his vetoes. And so the law went into […]
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NKY is ground zero for ‘school choice’ in governor race
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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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 […]
