Comer Promises ‘Beginning of a New Era of Oversight for the FBI’
Kentucky’s 1st District Congressman is joining the Republican chorus against the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Comer, who is poised to chair the Oversight and Investigations Committee next year if Republicans flip the House, is adding the FBI as a target to his list, which already includes Hunter Biden and the origins of COVID. Comer, R-Frankort...
Flood Relief Special Session ‘Will Happen,’ Beshear Says
The Kentucky General Assembly will be called back into an extraordinary special session next month, Gov. Andy Beshear told reporters on Monday. Lawmakers are being asked to craft a comprehensive bill to offer relief to Eastern Kentucky flooding victims. The legislation will be comparable to the relief bill passed in the regular session for victims...
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...
Death toll reaches 30 after Eastern KY Flooding; Beshear asks FEMA for assistance
Gov. Andy Beshear shared the difficult news on Monday morning that 30 people in Eastern Kentucky have died after flood waters ripped through the region. “If things weren’t hard enough on the people of this region, they’re getting rain right now,” Gov. Beshear said, noting that Floyd, Magoffin, Knott and Pike counties remain under a...
Will Censure of McConnell Push Primary Candidates Away from Party Boss and Further to the Right?
U.S. Sen. Leader Mitch McConnell’s work to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act cost him the Republican base at home and could push other Republicans further towards the right in primaries. Last week, the Jessamine County Republican Party censured McConnell and called on him to resign from his post as the Senate Republican Leader for...
New state laws take effect this week
From LRC Public Information Officer Mike Wynn FRANKFORT – The Kentucky General Assembly passed 234 bills during this year’s legislative session, and most will take effect on Thursday. That means that fentanyl dealers and porch pirates will face tougher penalties, the rules for public assistance are changing, and local school boards will be required to...
Charles Booker is Using Supreme Court Decision as Pivot Point in Senate Race
In the days following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Charles Booker hit the road for reproductive rallies across the Commonwealth. The decision gives Booker, who has struggled to find his footing in the race against U.S. Sen. Rand Paul the possibility to raise national funding and...
KY Politicians React to Supreme Court Overturn of Roe V. Wade
Kentucky’s elected-officials ran to their ideological corners on Friday morning as the U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned a landmark decision granting a federal constitutional right to abortion. The 6-3 decision by the Supreme Court gives states the power to set their own abortion laws, the 1973 Roe V. Wade ruling had given federal protection for...
McConnell Agrees to Support Gun Legislation
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, is in agreement with a bipartisan gun safety bill that could pass the Senate this week. “I support the bill text that Senator Cornyn and our colleagues have produced,” McConnell said in a statement on Tuesday. “For years, the far left falsely claimed that Congress could only address...