WASHINGTON, D.C. — As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday afternoon to impeach President Donald Trump on a single charge of inciting an insurrection. The charge accuses the president of encouraging rioters to lay siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, while both houses of…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The state Public Service Commission ruled on Kentucky Power’s request for a rate increase on Wednesday, denying the rates by the company, but granting a slightly smaller increase. Kentucky Power had been seeking a rate increase that would have seen residential customers…
Read MoreCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Derrick Evans, who was elected last year as 19th District delegate in West Virginia, has stepped down. The resignation comes following uproar over a video he posted which shows him among rioters breaking into the U.S. Capitol last week. Evans was arrested Friday, after being…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky saw more than 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, bringing the total to more than 303,000. Fifty-eight more Kentuckians have died, raising the death toll to 2,901. More than 1,700 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate have each passed bills designed to take some emergency powers from the governor and give it to themselves. House Bill 1 would allow any business, organization, local government, school and school district to reopen and remain open,…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky saw its highest one-day number of cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, with more than 5,700 new cases reported. That brings the total to more than 286,000. Thirty-four more Kentuckians have died, raising the death toll to 2,806. Nearly 1,800 people are currently hospitalized with…
Read MoreCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Newly-elected 19th District Del. Derrick Evans (R-Wayne) says he was merely acting as “an independent member of the media,” after he came under fire for a video he posted apparently showing him breaking in to the U.S. Capitol during protests on Wednesday. Evans has…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky General Assembly gets underway today. Both houses of the legislature are expected to gavel in around noon for their 30-day odd-year session. Because it is a short session, not many bills will be passed. The top priority is to pass a state budget for the next fiscal year.…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — New Year’s weekend was not kind to Kentucky’s coronavirus numbers, as cases went on the rise following a brief decline. The state saw more than 11,000 new cases from Dec. 31 to Jan. 3 — an increase of nearly 5,000 over the four-day Christmas weekend. That brings…
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