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A Look at Key Races on Tuesday's KY Primary Ballot
Monday, May 20, 2019 9:50 PM
Candidates in Kentucky's primary election are seeking party nominations in the governor, attorney general, secretary of state and other statewide races. More than 3.4 million Kentuckians are registered to vote, and Election Day polls open Tuesday at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. local time. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes projects 12.5 percent of registered voters will turn ...
Kentucky State Park Pools Opening on Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 2:00 AM
Kentucky State Park pools and beaches will be opening on Memorial Day Weekend. The park system's 10 beaches are open to the public at no charge. The beaches are located at Lake Barkley, Kentucky Dam Village, Pennyrile Forest, Barren River Lake, Buckhorn Lake, Rough River Dam, Lake Malone, Nolin Lake, Carr Creek and Green River Lake state parks. Lodge pools are reserved for lodge and cottage ...
Mitch McConnell Proposes Raising Legal Smoking Age
Monday, May 20, 2019 5:30 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose home state of Kentucky was long one of the nation's leading tobacco producers, said Monday he was introducing legislation to raise the minimum smoking age from 18 to 21. The chamber's top Republican was releasing his proposal at a time when the use of e-cigarettes is growing and underage vaping has soared, raising concerns by health experts . ...
KY Primary Election Preview: Down-Ballot Races
Saturday, May 18, 2019 11:52 PM
A former Miss America is among 19 candidates running in down-ballot races in Kentucky that include secretary of state, agriculture commissioner, treasurer and auditor. In several races where the candidates agree on most issues, biography likely will weigh heavily in voters' minds. Heather French Henry, who was crowned Miss America in 2000, has said her experience running the state ...
Bevin Faces Voters After Tumultuous Term
Monday, May 20, 2019 5:32 AM
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has lashed out at protesting teachers and ridiculed judges during a tumultuous term steering Kentucky on a conservative course. Now the pugnacious governor faces the first test of his reelection campaign in a race that could offer clues about the electorate's mood heading into a presidential election year. Voters get to speak Tuesday in a state the GOP has recently ...
OP/ED: Primary Election Day is Tuesday
Friday, May 17, 2019 9:35 PM
Kentucky's primary election is this Tuesday and if voter participation in 2015 is any indication, the turnout will be in the neighborhood of a dismal 12 percent. Low turnout is partly because Kentucky is one of a handful of states that elects its governor and constitutional officers in odd numbered years.   Fewer races mean less campaign advertising. Less advertising means less buzz ...
OPINION: Adkins' Pension Could Balloon if Elected
Sunday, May 19, 2019 7:00 AM
Candidate could reap millions in pension windfall - By Jim Waters The primary election is upon us, turnout will be low;  For those who vote Democratic, there's something you should know:  Much is at stake in your primary, perhaps more than meets the eye;  Rocky Adkins really wants to be governor, did you ever wonder why?  Adkins, a Democratic representative from Sandy ...
Legislative Update from Rep. Randy Bridges
Saturday, May 18, 2019 9:15 AM
Legislature Acts to Increase Integrity of Elections, Access to Process - By Representative Randy Bridges                                                         As voters across Kentucky head to the polls this week to vote in the Primary Election, I ...
Group Pulls TV Ad Attacking Beshear
Thursday, May 16, 2019 7:36 PM
A well-funded group backing Adam Edelen shook up Kentucky's Democratic gubernatorial primary on Thursday, running a short-lived TV ad denouncing rival Andy Beshear's private legal work for the Boy Scouts of America in a sexual abuse case years ago. Edelen's campaign repudiated the ad, taking the unusual step of denouncing an ad bashing an opponent days before Tuesday's primary. The ad "crosses ...
Grimes Predicts Low Turnout for Primary
Thursday, May 16, 2019 7:33 AM
Kentucky's chief election official is projecting about 12.5% of the state's registered voters will turn out for next week's primary election. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said Thursday it appears turnout next Tuesday will be consistent with past primary elections, based partly on current absentee voting patterns. Grimes says it's "not OK" for such a small portion of Kentuckians to ...
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