Kentucky Politics

A work group of Republican lawmakers called for Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to overhaul leadership of the state’s troubled youth prison system.

With 11,000 teacher vacancies in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear joined a coalition of education leaders Monday to call for more state support for public schools.

The percentage of Kentucky's registered voters who aren't affiliated with the Republican or Democratic parties reached a new high at the end of 2022, Secretary of State Michael Adams said.

Paducah officials, Gov. Andy Beshear and business partners broke ground Friday on the City Block project, a long-gestating effort aimed at “reenergizing” the far western Kentucky city’s downtown.

As a new member of the Berea Independent School Board, Rebecca Blankenship has made history as the first openly transgender person elected to public office in Kentucky.

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman made a trio of western Kentucky stops Thursday to announce more than $15 million dollars in funding for education, infrastructure and tourism efforts in the region.

Most city council and school board elections are nonpartisan in Kentucky. But a bill filed in the state legislature this year would change that.

A new poll shows Gov. Andy Beshear with a 61% approval rating as he heads into a reelection year. He leads Republican challengers in hypothetical head-to-head matchups.

The ACLU of Kentucky unveiled their 2023 legislative priorities including discrimination protections and voting rights for people with certain felony convictions.

Kentucky Republicans are trying to pry open correspondence that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and his inner circle had about school closures during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak.