Kentucky politics

Touting herself as a Christian, conservative, and proud Kentuckian, Kelly Craft has officially launched her campaign for governor.The wealthy mega donor to GOP politics held a rally outside the courthouse in her native Barren County Tuesday night.

Lawmakers expressed hopes that the package wouldn’t be the last for the region, especially as people continue to languish in temporary housing situations after the flood.

This was the twelfth-straight year the Kentucky Fairness Campaign and other LGBTQ rights groups protested the event, calling out the Farm Bureau for discriminatory policies in its handbook.

Beshear said the measure is intended to be a temporary reprieve. More assistance will likely come during the next regular legislative session, which begins in January.

Republican leaders of the legislature have indicated they’ve come to an agreement with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear over a framework for the package aimed at helping parts of eastern Kentucky decimated by recent flooding.

Just over a month after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron launched his 2023 run for governor, former President Donald Trump formally endorsed his campaign, snubbing the rest of the crowded Republican field.

The Capitol rotunda was the site of a celebration of one of Kentucky’s signature industries Wednesday afternoon. It included references to what’s been an…

Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed Republican-drawn redistricting plans for the Kentucky House of Representatives and the state’s six congressional districts,…

Kentucky’s Secretary of State would like to see some minor modifications in election reforms adopted in 2021. Michael Adams supports giving the major…

Republicans will have an even easier time getting elected in Kentucky under new political maps for the legislature and Congress passed by lawmakers on…