Gov. Beshear Touts Successes in 2022
News Release: In his third year in office, Gov. Andy Beshear continues to help Kentucky families and communities rebuild after deadly tornadoes and flooding, all while securing historic, all-time records, including the best two-year period for economic development and job creation, record-high budget surpluses and the longest period of the lowest unemployment rate in state...
Gov. Beshear Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Arctic Front, Flash Freeze
News Release: Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency ahead of an arctic front that is expected to bring a flash freeze and severely cold temperatures, with rain changing to snow Thursday night across much of the commonwealth. Temperatures may stay below freezing through the Christmas holiday and into early next week. The front is also...
Kelly Craft Calls on Gov. Beshear to Cancel Tik Tok
A GOP candidate for governor is causing a social media skirmish as she has chosen a stand against video sharing app TIk Tok to show leadership compared to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. President Trump’s former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft has taken to Twitter to tell Gov. Andy Beshear to get the Kentucky government off...
Beshear Appoints Jaime Green as Lyon County Judge Executive
Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, and his staff worked quickly to appoint Jaime Green as Lyon County Judge Executive after Wade White stepped aside before the end of his term in January. Green was sworn in sworn in by 56th Circuit Court Judge Jamus Redd last week, according to WKDZ Radio. Green is the former Eddyville police...
Former Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr. To Lie in State in Capitol Rotunda
FRANKFORT – News Release – Gov. Andy Beshear invites the public to pay their respects to former Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr., who will lie in state in the Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Brown’s family will host a public visitation in the Rotunda from...
Former Gov. John Y. Brown Dies at 88
Former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. has died at the age of 88, according to his family. Brown, served as Kentucky’s 55th governor of the Commonwealth from 1979 until 1983. A statement from his children, Lincoln, Pamela, John the 3rd, Sissy and Sandy, confirmed Brown’s passing. “Our Dad, John Y. Brown Jr., not only...
The latest appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions
Gov. Beshear has appointed John Scott as Magistrate for the 6th District of Bracken County. Gov. Beshear has appointed Kenneth Smith to serve as an Administrative Law Judge in the Department of Workers’ Claims. Kenneth Smith of Ashland replaces Christina Hajjar, who has resigned, and shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term expiring...
Beshear’s Executive Order on Marijuana: a Master-Level Political Maneuver
With the stroke of his pen, the Democratic Governor of Kentucky who is seeking re-election next year has put a handful of his Republican rivals into a box, forcing them to take action against him or concede to his authority. On Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear used executive authority to narrowly allow Kentuckians with medical needs...
Gov. Beshear Issues Executive Orders Allowing Some Use of Medical Marijuana in Kentucky
FRANKFORT- Gov. Andy Beshear is issuing two executive orders to allow some Kentuckians with medical needs the ability to possess and use medical marijuana in Kentucky. Beshear is pointing to the Kentucky General Assembly to take action and pass full legalization for medical cannabis, but in the meantime, he is allowing the use of the...