After Republican House Whip Jason Nemes lost his reelection bid last week, GOP members in the Kentucky House have named his leadership successor.  Rep. Josh Bray, of Mount Vernon, will be the next House Republican Whip. In that role, he will gauge support for caucus priorities, a Tuesday afternoon House Republicans press release said.  In […]

Local media reports say the FBI is raiding former London Mayor Randall Weddle’s house in Laurel County.  WKYT reported that the FBI was active in an area near an address where Weddle lives off of Highway 552.  In recent years, Weddle has made headlines around the state for his fiery public clashes with the London […]

A second former officer of the state Fraternal Order of Police has been charged in connection with thefts from the Frankfort-based lobbying organization. Federal prosecutors charged Bryan Bogard, former treasurer of the Kentucky FOP, on Wednesday with one count of wire fraud. Prosecutors filed a plea agreement along with the document charging Bogard, an indication […]

In an unusually expensive race in a Central Kentucky U.S. House District, a Democratic PAC, Kentuckians Not Corruption, spent millions in cash on ads supporting now Congressman-elect Zach Dembo as a way to offset spending by President Donald Trump’s political arm.  By the general election, independent expenditures from PACs, or political action committees, ballooned to […]

Armelle Bondonga Bradshaw said she felt betrayed when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained her on Aug. 12. ICE agents took Armelle into custody when she and her husband Terrance voluntarily appeared for what was supposed to be a final interview for Armelle’s marriage-based green card. After 55 days in detention, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt […]

It sounds like something out of a spy novel: a Taiwanese-American major tech mogul, head of one of the most successful companies in the world pushing for U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence, is being investigated for his relationship with a woman being described as a Chinese spy.  But amid this international intrigue is, as often […]

A Kentucky oil well operator has been fined $20,000 after admitting he illegally discharged polluted water into a creek in northeast Kentucky. The judge also sentenced Joshua Ferguson, of Martha, to serve 12 months on home detention. The Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection received a tip last fall about brine water from an oil-well site […]

Investor groups are challenging a Kentucky law they argue would make it harder for shareholders to push companies to consider climate change, diversity and other issues in their policies. The plaintiffs claim the law is unconstitutional, in part because it impairs their right to speak freely under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The […]

The increasing rate of homelessness across Kentucky has slowed down compared to past years, but there are “still too many” people experiencing homelessness.  That’s according to new statewide survey data provided to the Kentucky Lantern this month by the Kentucky Housing Corporation, a quasi-governmental agency that manages federal and state housing funding.  The data is […]

For the second election in a row, voters made it clear that affordability is their chief concern. The inflation numbers show us why.  Because of price hikes over the past two years, the median Kentucky household is now spending $4,127 more annually for the same goods and services than they were at the end of […]

Patient information for Kentuckians with confirmed cases of measles reported on the state’s disease dashboard was publicly accessible in September.  On Sept. 23, the “security vulnerability” was discovered, which “made some private patient information accessible to the public,” cabinet spokeswoman Beth Fisher said in a statement.  “Cabinet for Health and Family Services staff were quickly […]

I saw something the other day about “leaf-peeping.” Apparently, this is an activity now. You can plan a trip around it, consult a map, book a room, and purchase clothing suitable for looking at a tree. We used to call it going for a ride. Somebody would look out the window after Sunday dinner and […]

FRANKFORT —  Kentucky’s Administrative Office of the Courts is operating with 86 fewer people in management, Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert said in her State of the Judiciary address Thursday.  The budget passed by the General Assembly in 2026 underfunded some court operations, Lambert previously said. As a result, she rearranged staff positions, […]

Tuesday was a good night for Democrats and an extremely good night for Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.  Leading up to midterm elections, Beshear had a spotlight trained on him as the Democratic Governors Association chair, campaigning across the country in races that ultimately led to Democrats flipping five seats, and so now controlling at least […]

Joe Monroe knew he had a good shot at winning as a write-in candidate, yet he also realized it was going to be an “uphill battle.”  But when he went to the Mercer County courthouse Tuesday night to check the results for the Burgin mayoral race, he had won handily, with 75% of the vote […]

The blue wave that swept America made Tuesday a very good night for university presidents and law firms and Haitian refugees and immigrants, and all the other people who have suffered the worst excesses of a vengeful President Donald Trump and his feckless administration.  That wave didn’t sweep Kentucky so much as splash it around […]