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Beshear criticizes retirement package of UK AD Barnhart, law school dean hiring
Gov. Andy Beshear criticized the $3.2 million payout to retiring University of Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart on Thursday, stating his disapproval despite the fact the funds were privately raised. “Yes, $3 million that could otherwise go to helping students, to better paying faculty, to doing research that could cure this disease that’s afflicting…
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HILL’s Law and Public Safety Program Earns State Excellence Recognition
The Hub for Innovative Learning and Leadership in Lexington has been named Kentucky’s first Law and Public Safety Program of Excellence by the Law and Public Safety Education Network, recognizing the school’s career and technical education pathway that prepares students for careers in law enforcement, corrections and emergency services.
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Beshear Highlights Budget Surplus, Economic Growth in Team Kentucky Update
Gov. Beshear announced Kentucky’s seventh consecutive budget surplus of $320 million and highlighted continued economic growth, with the state posting record early-year investment figures in 2026.
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Two out-of-state donors give very big to Beshear super PAC
FRANKFORT – Two big Andy Beshear supporters from outside Kentucky provided the lion’s share of the money donated to Beshear’s super PAC between April 1 and June 30. Beshear’s super PAC is called In This Together PAC Inc., and a report it filed Wednesday with the Internal Revenue Service shows: Ashish Patel, an investor…
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Planning Commission to discuss placemaking, downtown master plan, data center zoning
The Planning Commission will discuss placemaking initiatives, the Downtown Area Master Plan update, and a data center zoning ordinance amendment during a July 16 work session at the Phoenix Building.
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Mayoral hopeful Carter pitches housing, safety reforms
Real estate professional Raquel Carter made her case for Lexington mayoral leadership on WUKY radio, focusing on housing affordability, public safety improvements, data center development, and infrastructure resilience following the ice storm.
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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.