Government

Candidates — including incumbent lawmakers seeking re-election — won’t know what their districts look like unless new maps are passed into law within the first four days of next year’s legislative session.

The governor wants to increase starting pay for state troopers from $40,000 per year to $55,000 and also fund an $8,000 raise for dispatchers, who currently start at $24,000 per year.

Mason will face Magistrate Jerry Gilliam and agriculture businesswoman Katie Moyer in their party's primary.

The program is offered to adults in Christian County who want to learn more about city government and how it works.

The senator said the bill could pave the way to fix the aging Brent Spence Bridge connecting Northern Kentucky to Ohio.

Foster has worked as an assistant county attorney for 10 years and started his career in the office with his father, Mike Foster, the former county attorney.

Christian County Magistrate Mark Wells represents the county's 2nd District, a role he has held for two terms.

The new rule would require workplaces with 100 or more employees to have workers fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.

Cotthoff was first elected in 2014 to serve as Christian District Court judge.

Soyars will have worked in the Christian County Attorney's Office for 32 years when he steps down at the end of the year.

Fleming was first elected to the judge's seat in 2006.

It'll be her second run for the 8th District office, which she first sought in 2020.