Kentucky has required nonpartisan judicial elections for more than 50 years. It's a system that helps to preserve judicial independence.
In this column, a longtime political journalist and a retired judge explain what voters should consider when evaluating candidates.
Nearly three years after her son was killed in a Hopkinsville crash, Nancy Tucker is still fighting for answers about the police investigation and a justice system she believes failed her family.
The move follows a request to Beshear by Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, asking for that action after President Trump issued an executive order to defer federal taxes on the fuel and allowed the fuel to be used on public roadways.
James Branscome writes that 40 years of career twists taught him success has less to do with careful planning than with chance, relationships and being in the right place when opportunity appears.
Though a selection committee tweaks the lists annually, each participant receives Watty Piper’s “The Little Engine That Could” as their first book and Nancy Carlson’s “Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!” as their last.
Governors in Texas, Nebraska and Louisiana have taken steps to allow red-dyed diesel on roads. The fuel type is commonly used on farmland and is tax-exempt.
As Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear continues testing the waters for a potential presidential run in 2028, his new book “Go and Do Likewise” hit shelves Tuesday. Here are five takeaways from the book, as reported by Kentucky Public Radio.
Christian County remains the center of Kentucky’s current measles outbreak, with 20 of the state’s 49 confirmed cases as of Sept. 21. Cases also continue to rise in neighboring Trigg County, which has reported 10.
