‘Frankfort has not changed me,’ says Max Wise, the KY Senate’s new Republican floor leader
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Sen. Max Wise said putting his name in the hat to become Kentucky Senate majority…
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Opinion – Cole Cuzick: November election offers best opportunity for education reform in decades
Donald Trump’s momentum for President will likely carry Kentucky’s Amendment 2 ballot initiative across the finish line. His polling in…
What’s next for Kentucky’s Liberty Republicans after strong showing in last week’s primary election?
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Liberty Republicans see good signs for their movement in Kentucky after most of their incumbents…
4th Congressional District Republicans elect delegates and alternates to presidential convention
Staff report U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Lewis County will lead Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District delegation to this summer’s Republican…
Bill Straub: Massie’s messy rise to GOP mainstream leaves questions about his role in party’s future
Rep. Thomas Massie, the renowned Kentucky Whiz Kid, is proving that the mountain can, indeed, come to Muhammed. It wasn’t…
Al Cross: This isn’t prime time for the ‘Entertainment Wing’ of the GOP
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s annual public-affairs dinner is usually a chance for the governor and legislative leaders to have…
Bill Straub: Go figure Mitch McConnell’s turnabout, forevermore putting party over country
Calling on any public figure to resign, retire, hit the road or however you might want to put it is…
Bill Straub: The Republican Party is trying to find itself — a ‘house divided against itself cannot stand’
It was Lincoln, the pre-eminent member of a political organization formerly known as the Republican Party, who cited the synoptic…
Bill Straub: Leadership AWOL, ghost of Lincoln looms, future of Republican Party hangs in balance
Reports about the impending death of the Republican Party are, as Twain once remarked about his own alleged demise, an…
Al Cross: McConnell makes play to sideline Trump as he has chance to remake how he’ll be remembered
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. . ….
Outlier Massie becomes pariah, forcing colleagues to gather against public health advice for stimulus vote
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Thomas Massie, the congressman from Kentucky’s Fourth District, has long been at the limits…
Jon David Reinhardt, 76, dies; represented Campbell County in KY House of Representatives for 22 years
Jon David Reinhardt, 76, who represented Campbell County in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1984-2006, died January 9. At…
Secretary of State says registered voters total 3.4 million: 1.68m Democrats, 1.41m Republicans
More than 3.4 million Kentuckians are registered to vote ahead of the General Election on Nov. 6, Secretary of State…
Gov. Matt Bevin tells Lincoln Day Dinner crowd that ‘you bet I’m running again’; ‘there’s a lot to do’
Gov. Matt Bevin received a standing ovation from a Republican gathering upon announcing Saturday night that he was running for…
Bill Straub: Following Tuesday’s primary election, the Republican Party now the party of Trump
WASHINGTON – There can no longer be any doubt that the Republican Party, once known as the party of Lincoln…
Former state senator Richard Roeding dies at age 86; served in the legislature, 1991-2009
Former state senator Richard L. Roeding, 86, died Friday night. He lived in Lakeside Park. He was born November 28, 1930….
Lewis Donohue: Republican party has gotten just what it has asked for — and has McConnell to thank
“For they sow the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind.” — Hosea 8:7 As it becomes more and more…
Republican Party announces final list of candidates to appear on Kentucky caucus ballot for president
The Republican Party of Kentucky announced that the following 11 presidential candidates filed their declaration of candidacy with the state…
Rep. Jim Gooch: Why I decided to switch parties and run as Republican for Dist. 12 House seat
Today I sent an e-mail to House Speaker Greg Stumbo and House Minority Leader Jeff Hoover informing them that I…