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by Olivia Krauth, Queer Kentucky | Kentucky’s Only LGBTQ+ Newsroom January 14, 2026 A Republican Kentucky lawmaker wants to make performing in drag a crime.  House Bill 360, filed Tuesday by Rep. Scott Sharp (R-Ashland), would create a series of criminal penalties for “adult performances” done in public or in places where minors could…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers on the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board on Monday finalized a wide-ranging set of findings and recommendations warning that the state’s Medicaid program is financially unsustainable and in need of major structural reforms ahead of the 2026 General Assembly. Meeting at noon in Annex Room 154, the board voted…

LEXINGTON – The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s Board of Adjustment approved a slate of short-term rental requests Monday, including a contested Desdemona Way property and a historic Georgetown Road estate wedged between Interstate 75 and Georgetown Road, while deadlocking on a Rosalie Road proposal near Keeneland. The meeting, held Jan. 12 in council chambers…

FRANKFORT – Kentucky General Assembly lawmakers convened Monday for brief floor sessions in both chambers, formally opening the legislative week with the introduction of dozens of new bills, committee referrals and a sharp Senate speech previewing an upcoming national fight over women’s sports. The Kentucky House of Representatives and Kentucky Senate both adjourned without…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Sharp questioning over KentuckyWired’s planned network refresh and a tense debate about how — or whether — to regulate artificial intelligence dominated a meeting of the Information Technology Oversight Committee on Monday, as lawmakers pressed state officials for documents and warned against rushing into costly decisions without clearer answers. The committee…

A Lexington man is set to plead guilty in federal court after authorities say they found nearly 100 grams of a potent fentanyl analogue hidden under the hood of his car following a traffic stop tied to a drug investigation. Anderson L. George Jr. is scheduled to be rearraigned Jan. 20 in Frankfort, where…

United States President Donald Trump and his MAGA base are often portrayed as a break from past political norms. While that is certainly true, it overlooks the long and predictable path that led to his rise. The slogan “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) became the movement’s rallying cry, tapping into a nostalgic vision of…