FRANKFORT – The Republican U.S. Senate campaign of Rand Paul confirmed Thursday night that its spokesman, Christopher Hightower, resigned after political blogs listed controversial materials related to him.
Paul’s chief rival, Secretary of State Trey Grayson, immediately said Hightower’s views and behavior “have no place in [...] 
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order Wednesday to prohibit state employees from text messaging when driving government-owned vehicles.
He said agency heads may exempt from the order state workers who use text messaging for law enforcement, security or emergencies.
During a news conference [...] 
Sign a guestbook for Drexell Davis
FRANKFORT — Drexell R. Davis, a self-described “Yellow Dog” Democrat who held several statewide elective offices, died Tuesday night in the Frankfort home of his son, family members said. He was 88.
Davis was a “musical chairs” politician, a reference [...] 
FRANKFORT — A key lawmaker told members of the state House Tuesday that spending on schools, prisons and Medicaid likely will get chopped in the upcoming two-year state budget.
Those bedrock functions of government, which account [...]
FRANKFORT -- Bowling Green eye surgeon Rand Paul will officially file to run for the U.S. Senate on Dec. 30, his campaign spokesman, David Adams, said Monday.
The filing will occur at 2 p.m. that day in the Capitol office of state Secretary of State Trey [...] 
FRANKFORT -- Republican Jimmy Higdon of Lebanson will be sworn in as the newest state senator at 1 p.m. Dec. 16 in a ceremony in Marion County High School's gymnasium.
"I am humbled and honored by the trust the people of the 14th" [...]
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FRANKFORT — Central Kentucky voters rejected an attempt by Gov. Steve Beshear to erode Republican control of the state Senate Tuesday, choosing the GOP’s Jimmy Higdon over Democrat Jodie Haydon in a special Senate election.
The election — one [...] 
FRANKFORT --Democrat Jack Conway announced his campaign team Tuesday in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
They are media strategist Mandy Grunwald of Grunwald Communications, whose clients include former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; campaign manager Jonathan Drobis; press secretary [...] 
FRANKFORT – Republican Jack Ditty, a Greenup County dermatologist who narrowly lost a special state Senate election in August to Democrat Robin Webb, said Friday he will run next year for a full four-year term for the office.
“I’m definitely running. I’ve never stopped running [...]
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul issued a statement Thursday about President Barack Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, but it’s still not clear what Paul thinks of the move.
In a statement released by his campaign, Paul said it is Obama’s “prerogative to [...] 
FRANKFORT — A state senator has prefiled a bill that would require independent political committees known as 527s to disclose during campaigns how much money they have raised and spent.
A horse industry group that formed a 527 is active in a state [...] 
FRANKFORT –Opposition has emerged to a state lawmaker’s efforts to delete a ban on dueling in the state oath of office.
State Rep. Mike Cherry, D-Princeton, said Tuesday at the first legislative [...] 
FRANKFORT – Attorney General Jack Conway failed to report on a state Executive Branch Ethics Commission form a big investment in a Texas energy company, his chief Democratic opponent in the U.S. Senate race, Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo, said Tuesday.
Conway reported [...] 
FRANKFORT – Senate Republicans will meet privately Friday to choose a replacement for Senate Majority Leader Dan Kelly, who resigned his leadership position about two weeks ago with no public announcement, Senate GOP Whip Carroll Gibson said Wednesday.
Gibson said two Republican [...] 
FRANKFORT -- A familiar face at Kentucky Educational Television will replace the retiring Mac Wall as executive director of the Lexington-based network.
Shae Hopkins of Lexington, who has been KET's executive director for education, programming and production, will take over for Wall, who said earlier this [...] 
FRANKFORT – Gatewood Galbraith, an independent candidate for governor in the 2011 contest, raised $21,426 in the last three months for his campaign.
The Kentucky Registry of Election Finance reported Friday that Galbraith, a Lexington attorney who has run unsuccessfully for governor four times, also spent [...] 
