Divya Karthikeyan

Brown was the son of former Congressman John Y. Brown Sr., who served as speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives and a member of the state legislature for over 30 years.

Following the defeat of an anti-abortion constitutional amendment in Kentucky, reproductive rights hang in the balance of the state Supreme Court and anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to figure out how to regulate abortion going forward.

Continued enforcement of Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortion now hangs in the balance of the state Supreme Court.

The court will consider arguments on multiple challenges to the 2019 trigger law, which outlaws abortions in all but life-threatening cases after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

Multiple people are hurt after a school bus crash in Magoffin County.

Longtime Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth is not seeking reelection to the seat, which he has held since 2006. This is the first open election for the Louisville-area seat since 1994.

Incumbent Republican Sen. Rand Paul defeated his Democratic opponent Charles Booker and will head back to Washington, D.C. for a third six-year term.

According to Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, 253,018 Kentuckians voted during the three-day window for no-excuse in-person voting. The total includes 121,280 Republicans, 117,576 Democrats, and 14,162 Independents.

Special interest groups are pouring money into nonpartisan judicial races in Kentucky, raising questions about political influence in the state courts system.

Booker's attempt to topple two-term Republican Sen. Rand Paul has been an uphill battle. With the exception of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, Republicans have dominated statewide elections in Kentucky in recent years.