State Government

The Beshear campaign and the Democratic Party originally accepted the donations as legal within contribution limits made by numerous relatives of London Mayor Randall Weddle or employees of a company he co-founded.

Secretary of State Michael Adams says staying with ERIC could mean Kentucky pays more for less information.

Of special interest is what political scientist Stephen Voss calls the “Comer hook,” extending the 1st Congressional District from the Mississippi River to Frankfort.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield and Reps. Myron Dossett, Jason Petrie and Walker Thomas will participate, the mayor's office announced.

The Kentucky Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings Thursday related to two former state prosecutors who were subject to impeachment charges, suspending one for five years and lifting the suspension of another.

KSP has been advertising the starting pay for state troopers at $65,000 a year.

In December, Kentucky had 965 workers in adult and child protective services work, which increased to 1,023 in March and 1,042 in May. 

The relief funds, established by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, allow the state to take donations from private entities.

The back and forth between the governor and top Republicans comes as focus on the oversight of the Kentucky Department of Education has become a campaign issue in the gubernatorial election. 

The state's Republican leaders, none of whom were at the event on the state Capitol grounds, have been talking about COVID as part of their campaign to unseat Beshear in the Nov. 7 election.

Beshear spoke about the series of unprecedented disasters and crises that have dominated his first term.

With the first Democratic campaign ads out, Cameron defended his record while criticizing Beshear.