Videos
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Zach Dembo rips on the gerontocracy and pushes for term limits
Zach Dembo, the Democrat running for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, might have a few jokes about the U.S. being a gerontocracy, but he is serious about the need for term limits in Congress.
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What is Kentucky’s Constitutional Amendment 1?
Did you know there will be a constitutional amendment on your ballot this fall in Kentucky? No? No worries—let’s break down what that big block of text is on your ballots and why it is there.
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Ag commissioner asks Beshear for emergency diesel relief for farmers
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell is asking Gov. Andy Beshear to temporarily let farmers use cheaper, tax-exempt red-dyed diesel on public roads as record fuel prices squeeze farms during harvest season.
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Rep. Morgan McGarvey says Trump’s trade war is crushing Kentucky bourbon
Bourbon is a roughly $9 billion industry in Kentucky, and McGarvey says workers, farmers and distilleries are already feeling the fallout. Kentucky officials said spirits exports to Canada had fallen 85% as of September, as tariffs and Canadian restrictions keep American alcohol off store shelves.
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Ky. congressional candidate: Kentuckians ‘don’t want data centers’
Pete Lynch, the Kentucky Party candidate for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, led the crowd at an Oct. 1 listening session on data centers in a quick informal poll.
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Dozens tell Kentucky lawmakers how they feel about data centers
Issues ranged from pollution and environmental concerns—particularly when it came to data centers’ impact on farmland, horses, and bourbon—to frustrations over government officials’ actions or inactions.
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Mercer County Fiscal Court rejected ordinance to allow data centers
A packed meeting in Mercer County, Kentucky, broke into applause Monday after county officials unanimously rejected proposed zoning regulations that would have opened designated land near a coal-fired power plant to hyperscale data centers.
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Frankfort resident pushes back against Flock
Kentucky’s capital city, Frankfort, demurred from cutting ties with its Flock camera system, despite multiple residents showing up to testify against the cameras.
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Gov. Andy Beshear says Trump denies racism exists while being racist
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says diversity is a strength and compares himself with President Donald Trump, arguing that Trump denies racism exists at all while engaging in racist behavior himself.
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Kentucky at a Crossroads: A Conversation with Charles Booker
Join Hellbender Newsroom’s political correspondent Olivia Krauth for a timely virtual conversation with U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker about the challenges facing Kentucky and his vision for its future.
