Joe Sonka

Kentucky is one of just four states where local and state law enforcement can’t get a warrant to wiretap a criminal suspect’s communications, leaving only federal officials with such powers.

Kentucky officials are recommending another round of raises for state employees, and boosting the pay of senior workers in order to retain and reward experienced personnel.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear defeated GOP challenger Daniel Cameron by about five percentage points during Kentucky's gubernatorial election last week. With Republicans controlling 80% of seats in the legislature and all other statewide elected offices, the party is trying to figure out what went wrong.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won a second term Tuesday by a comfortable margin, as the incumbent Democrat defeated Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron by roughly five percentage points and 67,174 votes.

The last time Kentuckians voted for a governor in 2019, the margin of victory was so thin on election night that the defeated candidate, then-GOP Gov. Matt Bevin, did not concede the loss until nine days later.

A national pollster’s latest survey of Kentuckians has the race for governor between incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican challenger Daniel Cameron as a dead heat – just a month after the same firm showed Beshear with a double-digit lead.

Spending by candidates and political groups in Kentucky’s 2023 race for governor have already doubled the pace from the state’s 2019 general election for the office, with more than $59 million spent since the May primary.And we don’t yet know how much candidates will raise and spend in the final two weeks of the campaign – often the most expensive part of the race.