KY Democratic Party Brings Lawsuit Against State House & Congressional Maps
As state Republican lawmakers override vetoes to the state House and U.S. Congressional maps the Kentucky Democratic Party and several citizens have filed a lawsuit to halt the redistricting plans. The suit is brought from citizens in Franklin County who call into question district lines in the Congressional plan that stretch the 1st District from...
Unvaccinated KY Congressman Tests Positive for COVID With ‘Mild Symptoms’
Outspoken Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has tested positive for COVID he told followers on social media Thursday morning. The Northern Kentucky U.S. Representative is not vaccinated, and has taken a hard line against COVID vaccinations, mask mandates, and proof of vaccines to access restaurants. Massie took to Twitter to tell followers he tested positive for...
Gov. Beshear Vetoes GOP Redistricting Maps Calling them ‘Political Gerrymandering’
Gov. Andy Beshear tore up state House and Congressional redistricting maps on Wednesday night calling the maps political gerrymandering. Beshear issued his vetoes of Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3 on Wednesday evening, calling into question how the districts were redrawn to benefit Republicans. The General Assembly has veto proof majorities in the House...
Hot Mic Meltdown; Sen. Harper Angel Caught Unloading Profanities During Committee Meeting
UPDATED: An angel Sen. Denise Harper Angel was not during a hot microphone moment caught on a Zoom meeting on Wednesday. Courier Journal reporter Joe Sonka first clipped and shared the surprising outburst on Twitter of state Sen. Denise Harper Angel, D-Louisville, verbally unloading on someone during a Senate State and Local Government Committee meeting....
N. KY Congressional Race Could Be Fascinating to Watch All the Way to Election Day
Democrats have not controlled the 4th District Congressional seat since conservative Blue-Dog Democrat Ken Lucas retired in 2004, but this year they’re putting up what some in the party see as a top-tier challenger to embattled Republican Congressman Thomas Massie. In the May GOP primary, Massie, who has courted controversy will face multiple Republican challengers...
GOP 42nd Dist Special Election Nominee Has Run for Seat Before
Two women are vying to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Reginald Meeks, D-Louisville, including one candidate who has campaigned for the seat before. Meeks held the district for more than two decades, including defending the seat against the current Republican nominee for the Feb. 22, 2022, special election, Judy Stallard. Stallard ran against...
JCPS Admin First to File for Newly Created Louisville House Seat
A Jefferson County Public Schools employee is the first Democrat officially in the race for the newly created vacant 34th District House seat. Jonathan Lowe a Jefferson County Public Schools Policy and Systems Administrator filed paperwork with the Kentucky Secretary of State on Friday declaring his candidacy for Kentucky State Representative in the newly drawn...
‘Our Future Is Now,’ Gov. Beshear Tells Kentucky Calling for Big Investments
In a sparsely attended speech before the joint House and Senate, Gov. Andy Beshear once again laid out his budget priorities telling legislators it is time to spend big to move Kentucky forward. My budget is titled: ‘Our Future Is Now.’ Because now is when we must make bold investments,” Beshear said in his address...
Republican Larry Forgy With Deep Ties to KY Politics Dies at 82
Prominent Kentucky Republican Larry Forgy who ran for governor three times and had ties to politics going back decades has died. He was 82 years old. Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr, R-Lexington, Forgy’s sister shared the news on her Facebook page Thursday morning. Kerr said that Forgy died at UK Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, just before...