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LPM & public media reporters from around the state profiled all the candidates in contested races. Use the tool below to compare candidates and build your ballot.
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Kentucky Legislative Research Commission/KPRAccording to a summary sent to parents, a Kentucky state representative told a Christian school that private schools directly receiving state funding for tuition is a possible outcome if Amendment 2 passes. -
Derek Operle/WKMSOne of Kentucky’s most prominent Republican lawmakers is vying for reelection against a political newcomer in this November’s election.
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Kentucky’s highest court ruled Louisville state Rep. Nima Kulkarni will remain on the ballot, ending an eight-month legal challenge by her opponents to have her disqualified. -
State Auditor Allison Ball told legislators Wednesday she will investigate whether Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration lacks the capacity to implement bipartisan legislation designed to extend benefits to relative caregivers. -
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Groups tied to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear have funded a new PAC buying ads to defeat the amendment to allow public funding to go toward private school education in Kentucky. -
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell commented on the election and evaded questions about former President Donald Trump at a Wednesday luncheon. -
A Kentucky legislator announced plans Tuesday to reintroduce a bill in the 2025 session that would make adding fluoride to drinking water optional for the state’s utilities. -
The Center for Rural Development announced it is not going forward with a land purchase in Somerset, following local officials’ concern it could misuse state funding. -
After the courts struck down a couple legislative attempts at “school choice” measures, some lawmakers are asking Kentucky voters to change the constitution. Amendment 2 would allow public dollars to fund private and charter education instead of being reserved solely for public education. -
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams said there’s a good reason fewer people are registered to vote this year than in 2020. More than 3-million and 548,000 people are eligible to vote in the November elections – about 21,000 fewer than the last presidential year. -
Industry experts say the decline of what was once one of Kentucky farms’ top crops coincides with shifts in tobacco consumption habits and to the long tail effect of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act signed into law by former President George W. Bush 20 years ago this month.
