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Beshear for president? How Kentucky's governor is building national recognition
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is a popular Democrat who has won in a deep red state. Beshear has taken a number of steps to build his national profile, including traveling to out-of-state Democratic fundraisers and launching a PAC. Beshear has not said whether he would run for president or vice...
What is minimum wage in Kentucky? Here's what we know about where wage rates sit
Workers making less than $17 per hour are considered "low wage," according to a new study from Oxfam, "a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice." The study, which provides a state-by-state analysis and ultimately calls for the minimum wage to be raised to $17 hourly, found...
Whirlwind week in Kentucky politics, from new VP pick to marijuana policy
Hello, and welcome back to On Kentucky Politics! We are Rebecca Grapevine and Hannah Pinski, part of The Courier Journal's politics team. Anyone who thought there might be a mid-summer political lull was mistaken. The past week has kept us hopping, from covering the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to following what's going on in Frankfort.
On the trail of J.D. Vance’s Kentucky mountain roots
JACKSON — In the 24 hours after J.D. Vance became Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate, Stephen Bowling, director of the Breathitt County Public Library, fielded more than a dozen calls from news media outlets large and small. The place that Vance in his best-selling memoir wrote...
High school teams have to work around the heat
Monday was on the front end of a heat advisory for this area of western Kentucky and southern Indiana. Temperatures and heat indexes were high enough that they would start heat safety restrictions mandated by the KHSAA. Feels like temperatures Monday afternoon were at 105 degrees, with the actual temperature in the high 90s. All outdoor activities should stop if heat indexes are over 104 ...
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