Beshear signs HB 559 in Paducah
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear attended a ceremony in Paducah yesterday to sign House Bill 559- legislation clarifying the types of nuclear-based technologies that can be developed and used in the...
View ArticleKentucky Preps for Healthcare Overhaul
A US Supreme Court ruling is expected by the end of the month on the constitutionality of the federal health care overhaul.
View ArticleHopkinsville Company to Expand
A company with operations in Hopkinsville has announced it will invest almost eleven million dollars for upgrades.
View ArticleLawmakers Return Special Session Pay
Two Kentucky lawmakers are refusing pay for a weeklong special legislative session held earlier this year.
View ArticleBeshear Promotes Mine Worker Drug and Alcohol Law
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is promoting a newly passed law that permanently revokes the credentials of miners who fail drug tests.
View Articlethe morning cram [superSHY edition]
NPR reports many high dollar superPAC donors , as big as they are, dont want the attention that can come along with writing big political checks. Kentucky ~ Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is promoting...
View ArticleState Flags Ordered to Half Staff July 27
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has ordered flags at all state office building to half staff on Friday in honor of last weeks Colorado shooting victims. A presidential order last week placed all...
View ArticleGovernor's Chief of Staff Dies
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshears chief of staff has died. Spokeswoman Kerri Richardson says Mike Haydon passed away Sunday. The cause of death was uncertain. Haydon became Beshears chief of staff in...
View ArticleKentucky Chief of Staff Memorial Planned
A memorial service for Kentucky Governor Steve Beshears chief of staff Mike Haydon will be held tomorrow afternoon in the state Capitol Rotunda. Haydon died Sunday at his Springfield home. The governor...
View ArticleGov. Beshear Supports Prichard Committee's Parent Institutes
Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday he’ll make a concerted effort to support the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership offered by the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. Prichard has...
View ArticleBeshear: State Agencies Should Prepare for Gay Marriage Ruling
With a Supreme Court decision expected any day now, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear says state agencies are making preparations should the justices vote to allow gay marriage.
View ArticleSupreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Enters the Kentucky Race For Governor
Kentucky was one of 13 states where same-sex marriage bans were overturned by a landmark Supreme Court decision on Friday. In Kentucky, an estimated 57 percent of the population still disapproves of...
View ArticleBeshear Issues Executive Order Reiterating Current Policy on Armed National...
Gov. Steve Beshear says state law already allows Kentucky National Guard members to carry weapons while on duty. The issue is at the forefront following last week’s shooting deaths of four Marines and...
View ArticleWhy Do Kentucky Governors Issue End-Of-Term Pardons?
End-of-term pardons are a rare tradition in most states. But not Kentucky. Critics say the practice should end. They argue Kentucky’s chief executives should use the pardon powers more regularly,...
View ArticleBevin Rescinds Voting Rights to Ex-Felons, Changes Kentucky Marriage Licenses
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued five high-profile executive orders on Tuesday on issues ranging from same-sex marriage licenses to voting rights for ex-felons. “Today, I took action to uphold several...
View Article[Audio] Recipients Leery of Proposed Changes to Kentucky's Medicaid Program
As Governor Matt Bevin prepares to re-design Kentucky’s Medicaid program, a new national survey shows the commonwealth with the second-largest gains in insurance coverage. More than half-a-million...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Beshear Alleges Corruption in Bevin Administration
Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has accused Gov. Matt Bevin of coercing state employees into helping pay off his campaign debt. The allegations come a week after Bevin claimed that members of...
View ArticleBeshear Demands Bevin "Pull Back the Curtain" in Medicaid Talks
Former Governor Steve Beshear is criticizing Governor Matt Bevin and the Obama administration for negotiating in private as Bevin seeks to replace the state's expanded Medicaid program.
View ArticleBeshear To Trump: Affordable Care Act ‘Isn’t A Game’
After President Donald Trump cited Gov. Matt Bevin’s claim that the Affordable Care Act is “unsustainable and collapsing” in Kentucky during his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night,...
View ArticleAmid Healthcare Talks, Steve Beshear Denounces 'Hypocrites' in Office
As the U.S. Senate this week voted to hold debate over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear accused some Republican politicians of “religious hypocrisy.”
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