Ag Commish Quarles Adds RunSwitch VP as Comms Director
Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles has named a member of RunSwitch PR as the Communications Director of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Kirk Hilbrecht replaces Sean Southard, who left the Department of Agriculture in late January to become the spokesman for the Republican Party of Kentucky. Southard, and now Hilbrecht both joined the Department of Agriculture...
KFP x KY Politics Weekly Podcast – April 15
Kentucky Fried Politics’ Nick Storm joined Tres Watson of Kentucky Politics Weekly on Friday, April 15 to recap the final two days of the Kentucky General Assembly. Nick and Tres also talk about the future for bills that failed to pass and more major investments in Kentucky announced by Gov. Andy Beshear. Check out the...
WSJ Praises GOP Income Tax Cut, Says Dems ‘Could Regret’ Being Against Plan
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is praising the Kentucky General Assembly for a “tax-cut turnaround.” GOP-led lawmakers passed legislation this session that would incrementally reduce the income taxes in the state. The move drew Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto, but Republican supermajorities overrode the veto, making the legislation law. In the editorial, the Wall Street...
Legislators Adjourn 2022 Session After Final Two Days of Overriding Vetoes and Passing Bills
From LRC Public Information Officer Mike Wynn FRANKFORT – It wasn’t until 1992 that a constitutional amendment removed the lieutenant governor as head of the Kentucky Senate and made the General Assembly a fully independent branch of state government. Since then, few legislative sessions have demonstrated that independence more than the one that concluded this...
KFP’s Reach Will Soon Grow Into Pennsylvania with ‘Political Penn’
As Kentucky Fried Politics turns one I’m pleased to announce the KFP news model will soon be expanding into one of the nation’s hottest political markets. In the coming weeks “Political Penn,” an independent news website, will appear live online to help keep those in the Keystone State informed on the latest in-depth political &...
House Whip Chad McCoy Withdraws from May Primary, Announces Retirement
House Majority Whip Rep. Chad McCoy, of Bardstown, will retire at the end of his term, he announced following the closure of the 2022 regular legislative session. McCoy was first elected in 2016 to the 50th House District, which includes all of Nelson County. “It’s an incredible privilege to serve Bardstown and Nelson County in...
Republican Supermajorities Override Beshear Vetoes
News Release from the Legislative Research Commission FRANKFORT— The Kentucky General Assembly spent the second to last day of the 2022 legislative session overriding gubernatorial vetoes related to the state budget, taxes, education and more. Lawmakers voted to override 17 of Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes on the executive branch budget for the next biennium outlined...
Beshear’s E-Battery Boom: Japanese Company Latest to Invest Billions in KY
Andy Beshear is continuing to make historic announcements showing he has done what countless politicians before him have tried to do, make the commonwealth a hub for advanced manufacturing bringing billions of dollars and thousands of jobs in the process. The first-term Democratic governor announced on Wednesday that Bowling Green, Kentucky, will be home to...
What it Means to ‘Move the Clincher’
FRANKFORT – There are a lot of interesting phrases that get tossed around the state Capitol during legislative sessions, and not just the curse words in the halls when bills fail to get a vote. One of the phrases is a motion that is made following a vote on a bill that has passed, the...