Joe Sonka
Enterprise Statehouse Reporter-
A Kentucky House committee advanced a bill Thursday to fully strip the Democratic governor’s power to fill a vacancy in the state’s U.S. Senate seat — one day after Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced he will step down from his leadership role this year.
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“He is one of the most consequential Kentuckians in the history of the Commonwealth, right up there with people like Henry Clay,” said Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer of Georgetown. “And we will never be represented by someone as powerful as Mitch Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate.”
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Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne filed a bill to amend the state constitution so the Republican supermajority could call itself back into session throughout the year — just 15 months after a similar amendment was rejected in a statewide ballot referendum.
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The Alternative Sentencing Worker Program has been within the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy for more than a decade, now employing 53 social workers across the state.
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A Kentucky House committee advanced several state budget bills in a special meeting Wednesday, clearing their way to pass the full chamber as soon as Thursday.
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While every GOP member of the committee voted for Senate Bill 80, Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams warned the bill could risk Kentucky’s voter ID law being struck down in court, while alienating younger voters.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear unveiled his proposed biennial state budget Monday night in a video aired on KET, outlining $136.6 billion of government spending over the next two fiscal years.
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On the eve of Kentucky’s governor election last week, many Republicans were confident Daniel Cameron’s momentum would push him across the finish line ahead of Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear in the deep red state. That did not turn out to be the case – and it wasn’t very close.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won a second term Tuesday by a comfortable margin, as the incumbent Democrat defeated Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron by roughly five percentage points and 67,174 votes.
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As the voting results start being tabulated and reported on Tuesday, there are several factors to watch that may give a glimpse at where the outcomes are headed