Lucas Aulbach

2 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Lucas Aulbach

Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both of Kentucky, were two of four GOP senators to vote against President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs. Trump is overwhelmingly popular in Kentucky. But analysts and people close to the senators don't believe they'll face significant backlash in the state. Paul and McConnell are members of the same party and are aligned on many issues, but have disagreed in the past and are not known to have a close relationship. A fist bump? The celebratory gesture U.S. Sens.

2 weeks ago | tennessean.com | Lucas Aulbach

Jonah Bevin said he grew up believing his biological mother was dead. In a filing for a restraining order against Glenna Bevin, Jonah Bevin is seeking more info about the African woman his adoptive parents later told him is his biological mother. Jonah's adoptive parents, Glenna and ex-Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, offered for him to fly to Ethiopia to meet the woman in February. But he backed out over concerns about who would be there.

2 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Lucas Aulbach

House Bill 2, approved last month by the Kentucky legislature, ends taxes on gold and silver sales and allows buyers to seek refunds for taxes paid since last August. A lawsuit was filed against Gov. Andy Beshear by a gold and silver dealer along with three Kentucky residents who paid taxes on "bullion currency" purchases last month.

3 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Lucas Aulbach

Pamela Stevenson, the Kentucky Democratic Party's House floor leader in Frankfort, has released the first ad in her U.S. Senate 2026 bid. Stevenson is running to replace longtime U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is retiring at the end of his current term. Stevenson is the only Democrat currently in the race. Daniel Cameron has filed to run as a Republican, while U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Lexington businessman Nate Morris are also considering bids. State Rep.

3 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Lucas Aulbach

Sen. Karen Berg, D-Louisville, has been banned from the state House floor after confronting a representative who'd confronted a trans woman using a women's restroom at the Kentucky Capitol. Berg spoke alongside the trans woman, Carma Bell Marshall, at a Trans Day of Visibility rally Monday night in Louisville, telling attendees these are "bad times in the legislature."House Speaker David Osborne said Berg acted inappropriately, while Rep.