What you need to know A Parks Hills City Council member walked out of a special meeting last month; now, officials are grappling over how to define the events of the night. “This is crazy,” said an exasperated Council Member, Pam Spoor, during the council’s Tuesday meeting. Her comment was made during a discussion of […]
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NKY leaders join support for Gov. Beshear’s ‘Pre-K for All’ initiative
Last week, 63 county judges/executives, 31 mayors and the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents all endorsed Gov. Andy Beshear’s Pre-K for All initiative, including several Northern Kentucky leaders. Campbell County Judge/Executive Steve Pendery, Newport Mayor Tom Guidugli Jr, Bellevue Mayor Charlie Cleves and Crestview Hills Mayor Paul Meier all endorsed the initiative. The Pre-K for All initiative […]
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Two subdivisions proposed at Boone County zoning meeting, more in NKY government
This week in NKY government meetings, Arlinghaus Builders is seeking zone changes in Boone County for two subdivision projects totaling over 400 homes. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. What happened last week in NKY government? New Hilton, […]
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Politics NKY Episode 6: A chat with Auditor Allison Ball
In Episode 6 of the Politics NKY podcast, hosts Shane Noem and Kevin Burton talk to Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Allison Ball and go through the headlines of the week. If you are unfamiliar with the podcast, you can catch up on Episode 1 here, which explains the format, and Episode 2 here, where Noem and […]
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Former Marine fighter pilot, NKY native Amy McGrath launches a second U.S. Senate bid
Former Marine fighter pilot and NKY native Amy McGrath has launched a campaign for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat, her second U.S. Senate bid after losing to longtime Republican incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2020. McGrath in a social media post Monday morning featured a video of her walking up to a lone chair while saying, “This […]
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Kenton County considers Piner school renovation, police reorganization in busy week of government meetings
This week in NKY government meetings, the Kenton County School Board is considering construction bids for the Piner Elementary renovation, and Kenton County will discuss reorganizing the structure of its police department. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. […]
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Park Hills resident files complaint due to council vote after walkout
What you need to know Park Hills resident Gretchen Stephenson has filed a complaint with the Kentucky Attorney General after the council cast votes on a resolution on Monday, despite City Council Member Sarah Froelich walking out of the meeting in protest, thereby denying the body the minimum number of officials legally necessary to conduct […]
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Social media posts spark Boone County residents to ask for changes to ethics policies
What you need to know An overflow crowd attended the Boone County Fiscal Court meeting Tuesday night, where Commissioner Chet Hand declined to apologize to those in the crowd gathered to request he do just that. After a full agenda, more than a dozen people spoke about recent social media posts Hand had made, asking […]
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Covington forum provides venue for resident concerns on housing
“I understand about the housing problem,” Covington Mayor Ron Washington told a room full of attendees at a special community meeting Monday night. The reason he understood Washington said, “is because those people are in my family. They’re sleeping on the couches in my family members’ homes. They’re using the basements because they can’t find […]
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Meagan Guthrie fills empty Ludlow city council seat
What you need to know The Ludlow City Council voted Thursday to install Meagan Guthrie to the open seat on the council that appeared after former Council Member Sarah Thompson was appointed to the mayor’s seat earlier this month. When a council seat opens up in the middle of a term, the remaining city council […]