Former State Rep Files Primary Challenge to SOS Michael Adams
Secretary of State Michael Adams has a Republican primary challenge. Allen Maricle, who served in Frankfort as a state Representative from 1994 until 1998, has filed to raise money for the Secretary of State’s race with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. “We have polling locations consolidated and shutdown. We have come to rely too...
Former Justice Cabinet Sec. John Tilley Pleads Not Guilty to Rape Charge
LEXINGTON – Former state Representative and Justice Cabinet Secretary John Tilley pleaded not guilty to First Degree Rape. As Kentucky Fried Politics first reported, Tilley turned himself into Lexington Police on Monday morning on the charge originating from an incident in Lexington on April 15. The former five-term Democratic lawmaker bonded out of the Fayette...
Senate Republicans to Engage in Berg / Peden Race
Republicans in the state Senate say they have a shot to take a Democratic seat in Louisville this fall and increase their majority. New polling suggests state Sen. Karen Berg, D-Louisville, is vulnerable this election cycle to Republican Louisville councilman James Peden. “We did a poll and surprisingly it came back where it looks like...
Former Justice Secretary John Tilley Booked for Rape
Attorney, five-term state representative, and former Kentucky Justice Cabinet Secretary John Tilley has been booked for first degree rape. Tilley turned himself in on Monday morning at 9:15 am according to the Fayette County Jail website. He is currently being held without bond as he awaits a hearing in Fayette County. The charge of rape...
Maddox Takes GOP Field to the Mat in Fancy Farm Speech
GOP primary candidate for governor and state Rep. Savannah Maddox went all out in her Fancy Farm speech against Republican rivals, even as they played it safe and stayed away from jabbing one another. Fancy Farm organizers broke with tradition and included Maddox on the stage at the annual political speaking. They were rewarded with...
A Wise Choice? Will Kelly Craft Pick State Senator as Running Mate?
As Fancy Farm takes place on Saturday a majority of the Republican candidates for governor will face off from the stage, but one potential candidate will be missing from the bunch. Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft is expected to enter the GOP primary race for governor in September, and numerous sources say she could...
Current and Former Louisville, Kentucky Police Officers Charged with Federal Crimes Related to Death of Breonna Taylor
News Release: A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned two indictments that were unsealed today, and the Department of Justice filed a third charging document today, in connection with an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old woman who was shot and killed in her Louisville home on March...
AshBritt Awarded Contract for Debris Clean Up in Eastern Kentucky
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has awarded a contract for debris removal in eastern Kentucky to a company also removing debris from the tornadoes in western Kentucky. AshBritt was awarded the debris removal contract on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear said during his Thursday press conference. Assigning a contractor to remove debris is a “big step,” Beshear...
Daniel Cameron Crowd Sourcing ‘Zingers’ for Fancy Farm Speech
Kentucky Attorney General and candidate in the Republican primary for governor Daniel Cameron is seeking help from his followers for his Fancy Farm speech. In a video posted to his Instagram account on Thursday, Cameron is offering a signed campaign t-shirt in exchange for a one-liner or joke that he adds to his speech on...