McConnell: ‘Don’t Hold Back’ on Sanctions Against Russia; Beshear Expects Gas Prices to Rise at Home
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says President Joe Biden should increase sanctions against Russia as they continue a full military invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which is the largest attack on a European country since World War II. “Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don’t hold any back,” McConnell said while in Louisville Thursday...
KSP Still on Scene After Deadly Shooting at Home of Fmr. Rep. Wesley Morgan
Kentucky State Police remain on the scene of Rep. Wesley Morgan’s Richmond, Kentucky, home, where an early Tuesday morning invasion took the life of his daughter, a lawyer and former Kentucky political staffer. A spokesperson for the state police says the investigation is ongoing as they continue to search for clues into what led to...
Keturah Herron Wins 42nd Dist. Special Election in a Landslide
Activist Keturah Herron has won the special election in Louisville to fill the unexpired term of retired Rep. Reginald Meeks. Herron won the special election with 1,950 votes; GOP nominee Judy Martin Stallard garnered 119 votes. Stallard ran for the seat in 2018 against Meeks. Herron comes to the seat after serving as a policy...
Reports: Fmr. Rep. Wesley Morgan Shot, Daughter Dead
Former state. Rep. Wesley Morgan and his wife have been shot, and his daughter is dead according to multiple news reports on Tuesday. Rep. Morgan confirmed the death of his 32-year old daughter, Jordan, to the Richmond Register and the Lexington Herald Leader, a police investigation into the death is ongoing. Kentucky State Police are...
Rep. Maddox Condemns Canadian PM’s Actions, ‘Can’t Fathom’ Why Others Would Be Unwilling to do the Same
A Kentucky Republican Representative is carving out space before the gubernatorial primary while also calling into question other candidates’ conservative bonafides surrounding the happenings with our northern neighbors. Rep. Savannah Maddox, R-Dry Ridge, is opposing the actions of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who used the Emergencies Act last week to disperse semi-truck blockades constructed...
Internal Poll Shows Massie Leading Congressional Primary
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has released a poll conducted on behalf of his campaign that shows him leading the field in the new 4th Congressional District. The poll of 300 Republican primary voters in the new 4th Congressional District conducted by Robert Blizzard of Public Opinion Strategies shows Massie with a 66 point lead in...
Primary Elections Will Proceed Under New Maps Judge Rules
Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate denied a motion from the Kentucky Democratic Party to halt the May 17 primary elections under newly passed House and Congressional maps. Democrats are challenging the new district maps passed by Republicans in the General Assembly under the grounds the maps violate the state Constitution by excessively and unnecessarily...
‘Jaw Dropping,’ McConnell Says of Quintez Brown Being Released on Bail
Many across Kentucky are expressing frustrations and outrage as the person who attempted to assassinate Democratic Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg was let out of jail on bond just days after the incident. U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is the latest person to publicly decry the release of Quintez Brown, who has been charged...
Kelly Craft Flashback: Trudeau ‘Really Looks After the Working Class’
As the eyes of the world shift to Canada and the citizens rising up against pandemic restrictions, one Kentuckian worked alongside the Canadian prime minister who is now imposing emergency measures seen by conservatives as a “power grab” in an attempt to quell freedom convoys. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a rarely-used Emergencies Act...