President Joe Biden’s performance on Thursday night’s debate has had people looking elsewhere for another potential candidate for the Democratic Party, with names such as Michelle Obama, Pete Buttigieg and Gov. Andy Beshear making the lists. National and local outlets have listed Beshear as a potential replacement for Biden in the November presidential elections. The […]
President Joe Biden’s performance on Thursday night’s debate has had people looking elsewhere for another potential candidate for the Democratic Party, with names such as Michelle Obama, Pete Buttigieg and Gov. Andy Beshear making the lists. National and local outlets have listed Beshear as a potential replacement for Biden in the November presidential elections. The […]
President Joe Biden’s performance on Thursday night’s debate has had people looking elsewhere for another potential candidate for the Democratic Party, with names such as Michelle Obama, Pete Buttigieg and Gov. Andy Beshear making the lists. National and local outlets have listed Beshear as a potential replacement for Biden in the November presidential elections. The […]
Gov. Andy Beshear reiterated a call for Kentucky and Tennessee to add rape and fatal fetal anomaly exceptions to both state’s near-total abortion bans, saying “extremism pushes everybody off.” “Imagine somebody violated by a person in their family, somebody who is supposed to keep them safe,” Beshear said to a crowd at the Tennessee Justice […]
In American politics, no state that punches above its weight more than Iowa. With a long-standing tradition of being first in the nation’s presidential primary contests, the political magnifying glass perhaps burns brightest in the Hawkeye State. So the reaction was understandably strong when the Iowa Democratic Party announced that Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear would […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKRN) — After severe storms ripped through Kentucky Sunday, Gov. Andy Beshear took to social media to announce a State of Emergency. “Severe weather continues to move through the commonwealth with multiple reports of wind damage and tornadoes. I have issued a State of Emergency to ensure the communities impacted have the resources […]
In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? hlcityregion@herald-leader.com. Who saw this coming? Friday morning’s arrest of the world’s top golfer entering the PGA Championship complex in Louisville is quickly becoming a potential political headache for that city’s mayor and Kentucky Gov. Andy […]
One of Gov. Andy Beshear’s top lieutenants is leaving his post after almost nine years working alongside the governor. Deputy Chief of Staff Jonathan Smith will leave for the private sector in “late Summer, early Fall,” Beshear announced at a Thursday press conference. A spokesperson for Beshear did not respond to Herald-Leader questions regarding where […]
As the state legislature prepared to gavel back into session Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear has continued to defend a bill the legislature could pass that open records advocates say would create a loophole allowing officials to hide the workings of public business. House Bill 509 would require government entities to provide its employees, board members […]
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes face long odds of holding. In his first four years, the Republican-dominated legislature has overridden more than 85% of Beshear’s vetoes. With an even more politically red legislature than he had in his first sessions, it appears unlikely the pattern will change. Only a majority vote in both chambers is […]
One person is dead after severe weather rolled through Kentucky early Tuesday and into the evening, Gov. Andy Beshear said at a Wednesday press conference. Beshear said the victim, who was a young man, died in a car wreck in Campbell County “when the first line of strong storms” came through. “The toughest news out […]
Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday named former prison warden Randy White as the new commissioner of the embattled Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. White retired in December from the state Department of Corrections, where he served as deputy commissioner of adult institutions and, before that, warden of Kentucky State Penitentiary and Green River Correctional Complex. […]