Kentucky politics

Warren County officials say they hope an additional polling station and a new force voter education task force will help raise voter turnout during the state gubernatorial election and ahead of the national election in 2024.

Of the 450 Kentucky voters surveyed Oct. 1-3, 49% said they would vote for Beshear if the election were held that day. Only 33% said they would vote for Cameron, with 13% still undecided.

The conservative legislator from western Kentucky has been a key player in conservative measures that have passed out of Frankfort in recent years.

Teacher candidates would be subject to more stringent background checks under a measure that advanced through the Kentucky House Education committee Tuesday.

Republican candidate for governor Ryan Quarles says he wants the Kentucky Legislature to pass a medical cannabis bill.

Menstrual products are currently subject to sales tax in Kentucky. But a proposal at the General Assembly seeks to change that.

Despite impassioned pleas from a grieving fellow lawmaker, the Kentucky Senate passed a bill that would codify the right of school staff to misgender trans and nonbinary students.

State lawmakers passed a bill through a senate committee that would ban the video-sharing app, TikTok. Security concerns about the app's data sharing worry lawmakers.

Reproductive justice and abortion access have taken center stage in the months since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal protection for abortion access.

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.