Sylvia Goodman

Sylvia Goodman is Kentucky Public Radio’s Capitol reporter. Email her at sgoodman@lpm.org.

The governor described “our new Kentucky home” as welcoming further investments in manufacturing, healthcare and infrastructure like those that have come to the state during his tenure.
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Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear ahead of the the State of the Commonwealth Address on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. (Kentucky Public Radio photo by Sylvia Goodman)
State lawmakers met in Frankfort on Monday to begin the 2025 legislative session — welcoming new members, introducing legislation and arguing over their own rules and procedures.
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The dome in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
State lawmakers return to Frankfort Jan. 7 for the beginning of the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2025 session. The first item on their agenda is expected to be a tax cut.
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Beginning in the new year, all Kentuckians will have to undergo vision screenings to renew their driver’s licenses thanks to a 2021 state law.
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man taking vision test
Certain vape products will be restricted from Kentucky stores, beginning Jan. 1 under a state law passed earlier this year.
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young woman vaping
After the courts struck down a couple legislative attempts at “school choice” measures, some lawmakers are asking Kentucky voters to change the constitution. Amendment 2 would allow public dollars to fund private and charter education instead of being reserved solely for public education.
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school bus
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear joined health care professionals and activists Wednesday as he signed an executive order he said would restrict conversion therapy in Kentucky.
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Andy Beshear at podium
After a Kentucky school district posted graphics advocating against a proposed constitutional amendment, Kentucky’s Republican attorney general issued an opinion saying public entities can’t spend money for or against amendments.
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Signs hoisted Aug. 3, 2024, by members of the Fancy Farm audience express conflicting views on the school funding amendment that Kentucky voters will decide in November. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Austin Anthony)
Democratic Rep. Daniel Grossberg has been removed from all of his interim committee assignments. The attorney for Rep. Daniel Grossberg says one investigation into alleged misconduct toward women has been closed with no impropriety found.
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The Kentucky Capitol Dome in Frankfort. (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission photo)
A controversial amendment to alter the Kentucky Constitution is on the ballot in November. Amendment 2 would allow the state legislature to use public funds on education outside of public schools.
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What would it look like if a Kentucky governor ran on a national ticket? Here are the answers to five big questions.
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Andy Beshear at churchill
In a morning call Monday, nearly all of Kentucky’s Democratic delegates endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the Democratic National Convention next month.
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A resident of the Elliott Park apartments was the first one to vote, in his robes and slippers, on Election Day in 2022.