Kentucky Politics

Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock joins WUKY's Alan Lytle to talk about the latest voter registration numbers as well as the Alvarado versus Dembo Congressional contest and Booker v. Barr for U.S. Senate.

The annual Fancy Farm Picnic in Western Kentucky takes place this Saturday. WUKY's Alan Lytle talks with Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock about the major storylines playing out as prominent Republicans and Democrats take the stage.

Republicans maintained their supermajorities in Kentucky's Legislature on Tuesday as suburban GOP incumbents won in neighborhoods that Democrats targeted in hopes of capitalizing on the popularity Gov. Andy Beshear commanded during his reelection a year ago.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's efforts to land the No. 2 spot on the Democratic presidential ticket drew ridicule from prominent Republicans during the Bluegrass State's premiere political event on Saturday.

The 144th annual Fancy Farm picnic takes place this Saturday at Saint Jerome’s Catholic Parish in Western Kentucky and in addition to the bingo and barbecue comes the at-times bombastic political speechifying. In this special edition of WUKY's Capitol Chat we discuss a number of story lines behind the scenes with the editor and publisher of the Frankfort based Kentucky Gazette, Laura Cullen Glasscock.

The deadline for candidates to file to run in this year’s elections has now come and gone and already it’s been an interesting start to the legislative session in Frankfort. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock returns for some expert analysis on Kentucky's political scene.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams called on Bluegrass State policymakers to promote a “tolerant and welcoming society” as he joined four fellow Republicans for their public swearing-in ceremony Tuesday as they started their terms as statewide officeholders.

In front of a raucous crowd at Kentucky's premier political event on Saturday, the Democratic incumbent Governor Andy Beshear talked about the state's high-flying economy while his Republican challenger, Attorney General Daniel Cameron hammered away on social issues.

The political epicenter of state politics will be in Graves County, Kentucky this Saturday at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic; a fundraiser for Saint Jerome’s Parish. And this event comes in the midst of a hotly contested gubernatorial campaign. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock plans to be in the crowd this year and she talked about what she'll be watching for.

This past legislative session the General Assembly passed a bill legalizing the sale and use of medicinal cannabis under certain conditions. This landmark legislation represented a turning point in Kentucky politics and called to mind the many efforts of Gatewood Galbraith. The colorful and seemingly perennial candidate was a vocal proponent for full-on legalization. In this installment of WUKY’s award winning history series Saving Stories. Doug Boyd from UK Libraries’ Nunn Center shares audio from a 1990 interview with Galbraith where the well-known defense attorney and cannabis activist lays out his reasoning and offers up his overall positive vision for the future of the state.