New Census Data on Poverty, Income, Housing Insecurity and Food Scarcity Reveal Many Kentuckians on the Brink in the Pandemic

By Dr. Ashley Spalding, Research Director, Kentucky Center of Economic Policy Despite living through the longest economic expansion on record, before COVID-19, 16.3% of Kentuckians were still living below the poverty line and median state incomes were relatively stagnant, according to new 2019...

McConnell on Election Security: Real Threats Persist, But We Aren’t ‘Flat-Footed’ Any Longer

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding election security:   “Our Democratic colleagues have sought to spend this week discussing election security.

Businesses Beg the Supreme Court to Restrain the Governor

"Thousands are expected to gather outside of the Kentucky State Capitol on Thursday, September 17 in support of  Florence Speedway, Beans Café and Bakery, and Little Links Learning, as well as the Kentucky Attorney General supporting these and other Kentucky businesses, as they beg the Kentucky...

Legislative panel briefed on general election costs

Kentucky’s top election official is estimating $5.42 million in cost overruns associated with running November’s general election.

SCAM ALERT: SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WARN VOTERS OF BOGUS MAILERS AND TEXTS

Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron announce two election scams aimed at Kentuckians. In one, Kentuckians are receiving letters from a group called the “Center for Voter Information,” pushing them to register to vote.

McConnell: No Contradiction Between Rejecting Racism and Supporting the Police

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding law enforcement: “For months now, it has been clear to basically every reasonable American that our country can and must hold two sets of true statements in our minds at the same...

Kentucky Democrats outpacing GOP in absentee ballot requests

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky.

Gov. Beshear Announces Healthy at Home Eviction Relief Fund Website

Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the launch of the Healthy at Home Eviction Relief Fund website, teamkyhherf.ky.gov, where Kentuckians now can visit and apply for assistance.

In honor of Labor Day, the House Democratic Caucus announces the pre-filing of 15 bills benefiting workers

With the goal of helping working Kentuckians, and timed to coincide with the 126th annual Labor Day celebration, the House Democratic Caucus announced today that its members would be pre-filing 15 bills to strengthen workforce protections and rights.

“Senators Will Vote This Week and the American People Will Be Watching”

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding COVID-19 relief: “Our nation has spent the last six months fighting the medical, economic, and social effects of this pandemic.