McKenna Horsley covers state politics for the Kentucky Lantern. She previously worked for newspapers in Huntington, West Virginia, and Frankfort, Kentucky. She is from northeastern Kentucky.
A state senator says the constitutional amendment will prevent pardons and commutations from being issued "in the dark," while others are wary of the change.
A group of Kentucky State University students has filed a second lawsuit challenging a new law that would reshape the state’s only public HBCU into a polytechnic institution.
Though several candidates will be on the ballot, the primary has shaped up to be a two-man race between U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and former Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Gov. Andy Beshear is raising new concerns about leadership at the University of Kentucky, warning that recent governance changes, high-level hiring decisions and the creation of private entities could concentrate power and weaken oversight.
Candidates in Kentucky’s competitive 6th Congressional District largely aligned within party lines during a KET debate, but diverged on key issues like healthcare, election integrity and immigration ahead of the May primary.
Kentucky lawmakers wrapped up a frenetic late-night session Wednesday by passing the state’s two-year budget, advancing dozens of bills and sending a slate of high-profile measures to Gov. Andy Beshear while leaving some contentious proposals unresolved.
The measure was unveiled in a special-called meeting of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee Wednesday afternoon and attached to a “shell bill” that already had two readings, making it ready for a final reading and a vote by the full Senate.
