State Government

Senate Majority Whip Mike Wilson, wants to discourage diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies that he says “divide instead of unite people” in higher education.

Starting in 2025, Kentucky doctors can legally prescribe medical cannabis to patients with one of seven qualifying conditions, including cancer. But Beshear wants to expand the list to 21 to include ailments.

Beshear and Republicans have long quibbled over who deserves credit for the state’s successes, but in Wednesday night’s speech Beshear extended an olive branch, acknowledging the legislature’s role in supporting economic development.

The bill helping pregnant, young Kentuckians is "50 years too late," Westerfield said.

Ahead of this year’s regular session, which began Tuesday, some GOP House members had called for changes to the rules.

The 60-day session will see the Republican-led General Assembly consider bills dealing with charter schools, abortion and firearms, as well as pass a two-year state spending plan.

Beshear agreed that his father's 2014 expansion of Medicaid under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has played a key role in improving access to care.

In a year-end interview, Beshear says Kentucky Democratic Party's future is "strong."

'Can they make it OK to agree?'

Coleman, 41, was re-elected in November and is considered a likely Democratic candidate to succeed Gov. Andy Beshear in 2027.

Gov. Andy Beshear got the jump on the budget process on Monday — a move that follows the GOP House preempting him in 2022.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield, R-Fruit Hill, will introduce t​he Crisis Aversion and Rights Retention Orders bill, or CARR, in the 2024 legislative session.