Somerset Mayor Alan Keck Joins Crowded GOP Gubernatorial Field
The 12th Republican entering the field for the Republican primary for governor to take on incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is different from the rest of the field. Alan Keck, the first-term Mayor of Somerset, Kentucky, a city of 12,000, announced his candidacy for governor of Kentucky Monday evening before family, friends, and community supporters....
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...
Rep. Nemes Joins House Leadership Team as Caucus Whip
News Release: Members of the 2023 House Majority Caucus met at the Capitol on Thursday to elect a team that will lead the chamber’s efforts for the next two years. House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect, was nominated without opposition for a historic third term, a first for republicans in the state’s 230 year history. Osborne...
Al Cross: Gerrymanders warp legislature, damage our political system
The word “representative” is both a noun and an adjective. In the Kentucky General Assembly it has become mainly a noun, meaning a member of the House of Representatives. That’s because the House is not as representative of Kentucky as it should be, given the results of this month’s elections and the district lines on...
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...
Greenberg Names Transition Team
News Release: LOUISVILLE – Surrounded by dozens of community, neighborhood, labor and business leaders from across the city, along with several elected officials from both the Democratic and Republican Party, Louisville Mayor Elect Craig Greenberg announced his new transition team Wednesday at the Republic Bank Foundation YMCA on West Broadway. The 58-person team is organized...
Kelly Craft Spent Day After Election Calling GOP Winners and Losers
The day after Republicans added to their supermajorities in the Kentucky state House and Senate the former United Nations Ambassador sat down and started dialing. Republican candidate for governor Kelly Craft, President Donald Trump’s former Ambassador to the United Nations and Canada, dialed and dialed and dialed, according to a source and later confirmed by...
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...
Senate GOP Leaderships Stays the Same
Republican majority leaders in the state Senate will stay the same as none of the current team was challenged by other members of their party. Sen. Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, remains the Senate President; Sen. David Givens, R-Greensburg, will remain Senate President Pro Tempore; Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, holds his position as Senate Majority Leader; Sen....