Politics

Daniel Cameron's comments Sunday on WKYT-TV’s Kentucky Newsmakers program add more suspense to the evolving GOP competition to pick a challenger to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.

Some Kentucky lawmakers express worry over the direction the economy is heading as others claim the economy is showing signs of progress in the midst of the pandemic

Hagedorn died Thursday after a battle with kidney cancer.

The bipartisan measure to revamp the post office already passed the House.

“We are all -- two years into this -- frustrated. None of us want to wear a mask,” Harris responded.

Senate Democrats say it’s important to pass federal legislation to ensure each person’s right to vote. Republican senators say bills have been passed to extend voting rights and the power of changing voting laws should remain at the state level.

In a Facebook post, Larry Forgy’s sister State Senator Alice Forgy Kerr confirmed the news early Thursday.

Republican Congressman Morgan Griffith says he will run for re-election in the 9th district. That announcement came Tuesday afternoon, the same day the Virginia Supreme Court placed his residence in the 6th district with incumbent Congressman Ben Cline.

"I think you can be a strong supporter of the Second Amendment but also remember, we’ve got to be good human beings."

Governor Ralph Northam is proposing a 10% pay raise for Virginia teachers over the next two years. Northam outlined his plan during a visit to the Roanoke Valley Monday.

On Wednesday, Michael Adams announced the partnership with the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association.

On Monday, top senate Republicans were in Bowling Green, speaking to local leaders and answering questions from several media outlets.

Representative Brett Guthrie (K-02-R) sat with WBKO News this week to discuss a number of topics including the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill he voted against, the divided Build Back Better Bill, paid family leave and a concern brought up by local bankers regarding new reporting of deposits over a certain threshold.

For another month, more voters were removed from voter rolls than added.

Glenn Youngkin says he's eager for January 15th to arrive. During his recent visit to Roanoke, Youngkin described the transition that's under way, and shared a glimpse of what's ahead.

“In order to change the trajectory of our great Commonwealth, we can’t operate on government time,” said Youngkin.

The bill is modeled off of Alec’s law, a law in Minnesota named after a young man who died from rationing his insulin. Alec went into diabetic ketoacidosis, putting him in a diabetic coma and then later dying from high blood sugar.

Guthrie has represented Kentucky’s second congressional district since 2009.

Thompson is running for the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice John Minton, who is also from Bowling Green.

Republican Jason Miyares has been elected Virginia’s attorney general.

Republicans have won at least 50 seats in the Virginia House, ensuring at least a tie with Democrats who had fought to retain control.

More than 1.1 million Virginians have already cast ballots, a figure that could make up a third of the total vote, and break records for an off-year election. And WDBJ7 Political Analyst Bob Denton will be watching closely on Election Night to see who is voting where.

Linwood Holton was Virginia’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction and a crusader against racial discrimination, according to the Associated Press.

The candidates for governor are working hard to motivate their supporters, and on Wednesday Glenn Youngkin made multiple stops in western Virginia.

Members of Virginia’s redistricting commission have failed to agree on new maps for General Assembly or Congressional districts. As a result, the task now falls to the Virginia Supreme Court.

Barack Obama pulled no punches Saturday, lending his support in front of a crowd on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

The Democratic governor has said he will keep Coleman as his running mate when they seek reelection in 2023.

The two men running to be Virginia’s next governor are logging a lot of miles around the state with about two weeks to go before Election Day.

Virginia’s bipartisan redistricting commission could give up on trying to redraw the state’s legislative districts after intense partisan bickering.

Lundergan, who owns a number of businesses in and around Lexington, had previously served as a state representative and served two terms as the chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party.