Leader, one of those new things is what you’re reading now: The Kentucky Politics Insider. This will be a new feature from me, senior politics reporter Austin Horn, published at least every two weeks.

Leader’s new senior political reporter, will cover Mitch McConnell, Andy Barr, Rand Paul and Kentucky’s other members of ...

Donald Trump last attended the Kentucky Derby in 2022, when a political fundraiser was held at Churchill Downs.

Tres Watson, a longtime Kentucky political consultant and former GOP spokesman, said: "Trump has a history of not liking people who lose after he endorses them." "I could see a scenario where ...

I feel like everything that’s going on has really led us to a time of uncertainty, and we really are looking at some ...

But he would return to Kentucky politics as the deputy secretary of labor under former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin from 2015-19. Jason, meanwhile, decided to enter the world of politics in 2016 and ...

Democratic state Sen. Keturah Herron is the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to the Kentucky Senate. Here's what to know ...

U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) speaks at the Graves County Republican Party Breakfast at WK&T Technology Park in Mayfield, Ky.

Governor Andy Beshear announced that overdose deaths in the commonwealth decreased for the third year in a row, with a 30.2% ...

As Kentucky’s political scene heats up, Herald-Leader journalist Austin Horn is shifting to a new, more prominent role covering all the action. Horn, who has been tracking Kentucky politics and ...

Jason and Michael Nemes are the first GOP father-son duo to serve simultaneously in the Kentucky General Assembly in as much ...