Gov. Beshear Releases Taxes, Challenges Others to Release Their Returns
For the seventh year in a row, Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, has released his tax returns, and he is again calling on statewide leaders to release their returns as he seeks a second-term in office. Gov. Beshear’s returns, filed jointly with his wife, Britainy, shows his salary as Governor of Kentucky. Beshear’s adjusted gross income...
New Poll: GOP Gubernatorial Primary Race Tightens
The race for the Republican nomination for governor is narrowing, according to new public polling released on Thursday. A Fox 56/Emerson College Poll shows Attorney Daniel Cameron still leading the pack with 30.1%, but former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft is closing distance now at 23.9%. Nearly 15% of respondents said they would vote for...
Daniel Cameron Releases First Campaign Ad Targeting Gov. Beshear
Attorney General Daniel Cameron has released his first television ad of the GOP campaign for governor targeting Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear. Cameron’s ad, released on Wednesday, attacks Beshear for shutting down churches early in the COVID-19 pandemic. “When it mattered most, Daniel Cameron stood up for our First Amendment rights,” said Campaign Manager Gus...
Political Reactions to Monday’s Mass Shooting in Louisville
Politicians on the campaign trail paused on Monday, and some kept going as tragedy befell the commonwealth. Monday morning a 25-year-old former employee of Old National Bank killed five, and injured eight others in downtown Louisville, including a police officer just 10 days out of the police academy. An emotional Gov. Andy Beshear, who was...
Al Cross: Would-be governors, seeking votes, fall in line for Trump
Kentucky’s political system, largely run by Republicans these days, has thankfully avoided copying other red states’ mischief with their election systems, spawned largely by Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was taken from him by fraud. The legislature made voting a little easier in four ways, a little harder in three, and did no damage...
A Response to Commissioner Ryan Quarles: Considerations from a Kentucky Voter on Tax Policy
Op-Ed By T.J. Hensley In a recent opinion article for Kentucky Fried Politics, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles laid out what he termed a “Commonsense Plan” of taxation for Kentucky as he seeks the Republican nomination to take on Governor Andy Beshear in the fall election. Given that Commissioner Quarles is touted among the three or...
2024 Presidential Candidate to Headline Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner
The latest addition to the 2024 presidential primary field will keynote a Lincoln Day Dinner in Warren County later this month. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who announced his candidacy on Sunday, is the first 2024 presidential candidate to appear in the bluegrass state. He will address Republicans on April 14th at the National Corvette...
Gov. Beshear Raises Another Million for Re-Election; Passes $6 Million Raised for Campaign
Gov. Andy Beshear raised roughly $1,050,000 in the first quarter of 2023, his campaign announced on Monday. The Kentucky Democratic Party has also brought in roughly three quarters of a million dollars since the start of 2023. “Governor Beshear has led Kentucky through difficult times with compassion and a focus on doing what is right,”...
Short session adjourns after lawmakers pass bills on cannabis and sports betting
From LRC Public Information Officer Mike Wynn: While the 2023 legislative session may have opened to tempered expectations in January, it gaveled to a close this week with a stack of major bills in the books, including two breakout measures on medicinal cannabis and sports wagering that both passed in the final hours. Lawmakers returned...