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Beshear certifies Meade, Pike, Wolfe as Recovery Ready Communities
Gov. Andy Beshear has certified Meade, Pike and Wolfe counties as Recovery Ready Communities, expanding addiction treatment access across Kentucky. The designation brings the total to 42 certified counties serving more than 2.2 million Kentuckians as the state continues seeing declines in overdose deaths.
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Democratic socialism is on the rise some places, but has roots in KY
Democratic socialism is on the rise in some blue states, but socialists are still rare in ruby red Republican Kentucky. That wasn’t always so. Six-score years ago, Louisville hosted the Christian Socialist Fellowship movement’s first national convention. The movement even spread to the Jackson Purchase, arguably Kentucky’s Trumpiest territory today. The CSF aimed “to…
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In 2014, Lexington voted 15-0 to bond CentrePointe’s garage with zero city liability. The bonds were never issued. The tax diversion happened anyway.
Told that Frankfort had refused to issue $30 million for CentrePointe’s parking garage, Lexington’s council stood up a brand-new bonding conduit with the Kentucky League of Cities and the city of Midway — and approved it 15-0, after bond counsel promised the city would bear no repayment risk. The Lexington Times pulled the official…
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Kentucky Reports June Employment Data; County Jobless Rates Mixed
The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet released June 2026 employment data showing rising joblessness in 95 Kentucky counties over the past year, while Fayette County continues to report some of the state’s lowest unemployment rates.
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Three Kentucky counties recognized among America’s best for economic growth
Three Kentucky counties—Jefferson, Mercer and Simpson—have been recognized among America’s best for economic development by Site Selection magazine, continuing Kentucky’s record-breaking economic growth under Gov. Beshear.
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Flags at Half-Mast, Murals Replaced, and Quick Coffee Builds
Lexington residents discussed flags lowered for Senator Lindsey Graham’s death, celebrated the removal of a divisive Jelly Roll mural to make way for festival art, worried about a possible Frank’s Donuts closure, and marveled at the rapid construction of a prefabricated 7 Brew location.
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Louisville judge hears arguments in challenge to sales tax on period products
The judge will need to rule on Kentucky’s motion to dismiss the case.
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McConnell created an information vacuum, badly filled
Commentary author Al Cross writes, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s taciturn approach caused turmoil for him and the country when he went four weeks without explaining why he was hospitalized. And it gave Gov. Andy Beshear an opening to burnish his potential-president profile.
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Suspended UK law professor sues university over dean appointment
Suspended UK law professor Ramsi Woodcock has filed a lawsuit against the University of Kentucky challenging the university’s appointment of a new law school dean.
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State Rules Fayette Schools Violated Meeting Law on Liggins Action
The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office ruled that the Fayette County Board of Education violated the Open Meetings Act by failing to adequately explain a closed session during its June 10 meeting, though the decision to place Superintendent Dr. Demetrus Liggins on administrative leave remained legally valid.