Senator Chris McDaniel and Representative Rachel Roberts were honored by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce for their outstanding contributions to the local community, with McDaniel receiving the 2024 Kentucky Chamber of Commerce MVP Award and Roberts receiving the NKY Community Award.
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Beshear endorses Democrat Matt Lehman
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear officially endorsed Democrat Matt Lehman’s campaign for House District 67, according to a press release from the Kentucky Democrats. Lehman is running against Republican Terry Hatton. District 67 is comprised of Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Highland Heights and other portions of unincorporated Campbell County. “This fall, Campbell County has an opportunity to […]
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NKY Democrats battle to win seats in red-leaning districts
Remnants of poison ivy picked up campaigning door to door covered the back of Kentucky 68th House District Democrat candidate Brandon Long’s arm as he stopped to talk with LINK nky last week. The 37-year-old father and educator was in the middle of yet another busy day on the trail that included stops in urban […]
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Kentucky House moves to cut DEI programs, impacting protected groups
The Kentucky House has voted to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public colleges and universities – a move that could potentially ban state schools from offering programs geared toward federally protected classes of religion, race, sex, color or national origin. The move came Friday when House members voted 68-18 to strip earlier DEI […]
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NKY Rep. Rachel Roberts seeks to legalize weed, eyes $100M tax revenue
Rep. Rachel Roberts thinks Kentucky can do a better job than Ohio at legalizing recreational marijuana. Ohio voters legalized recreational cannabis at the polls last November. But as of right now, no one can legally buy or sell recreational marijuana in the state. That may not change until September – the deadline for Ohio lawmakers […]