Today "ideology is put before kids' issues.”
Former University of Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart is set to move to a part-time role with the university that includes a schedule for $3.06 million in severance payments.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Louisville is urging the city’s investor-owned electric utility to ensure that electricity ratepayers don’t bear the costs of hyperscale data centers, saying he’s opposed to data center construction in the city. McGarvey in a Thursday letter to John Crockett, the president of Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities, […]
Jonathan “Cody” Mason had no criminal record before bizarre encounters with the law involving a mule and a raccoon brought him national notoriety and several misdemeanor convictions. Cowboy hat …
“We are helping to make Kentuckians whole."
Republicans on a legislative committee on Wednesday deferred review of a contract with the interim president and CEO of the Kentucky State Fair who was installed by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s latest appointees to the fair board last week.
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is asking Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell to provide an update on his health.
A new analysis of state road paving contracts by a free market think tank shows that some asphalt companies receive a large share of single-bid contracts from the state, a practice the think tank argues raises costs for taxpayers because of the lack of competition for road projects. The analysis released Tuesday by the Kentucky […]
Gov. Andy Beshear has announced two more people died from severe flooding that swept through Kentucky last week.
Ever since Kentucky lawmakers approved statewide sales tax breaks for hyperscale data centers, developers are eyeing the state as a place to build these potentially massive, electricity-intensive operations. The state has long been home to smaller data centers that power various online services such as digital cloud storage. But with the surge of billions of […]
Almost 20 years ago, Kentucky native Bill Bishop wrote “The Big Sort,” a very prescient book that provided an analysis of how Americans were organizing their lives according to their political identities. They were choosing where to live, work, and play based on their desire to be among people who shared their political philosophy. As […]
“Especially during points of isolation, kids were able to use social media as a means to stay connected to their friends and their peers, which is really important. We want that connectivity."
As usual, political shenanigans around education are a bipartisan game, fun for everyone except those most affected, our kids, be they little tykes or college students. The past couple of weeks in Kentucky are nothing new. Consider the following: -Auditor Allison Ball announced her completed audit of the Jefferson County Public Schools, and I could […]
FRANKFORT – Gov. Andy Beshear has filled two vacancies on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees with longtime supporters as he works to exercise more control over the direction of the state’s flagship university. In an executive order filed June 26 – and effective July 1 – Beshear appointed Ruth Cecelia Day as an […]
Downtown Murray was already bustling Saturday with the Downtown Farmers Market, runners finishing the Main Street Miracle Mile and spectators gathering for the FNB Bank Freedom Fest Parade. Amid it all, county officials took a few minutes – 250 seconds, to be exact – to mark America’s 250th anniversary with a ceremony centered on the historic Calloway County Courthouse bell.
The 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence is a time to consider what it means to be patriotic. Immigration has always been part of our country’s history, and that history is filled with moving stories about why immigrants chose to move to this country. Like many Kentuckians living in an increasingly diverse state these days, […]
Kentucky’s utility regulator has launched an investigation into concerns it has about “troubling” managerial and planning practices at investor-owned electric utility Kentucky Power. The Kentucky Public Service Commission wrote in a Thursday morning order that it was opening an investigation into the Eastern Kentucky utility following years of concerns the regulator and the Kentucky attorney […]
The Kentucky Democrat who is hoping to succeed Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says that Kentuckians “deserve a clear and honest answer about their senator’s condition.”
At least 25 Kentuckians were killed by an intimate partner in 2025.
After the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Andy Beshear should have appointment power over the State Fair Board, the board removed the leader of the organization that oversees the fair.