Al Cross
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Al Cross: Legislative session is a battleground in the governor’s race
They can spotlight the foibles of Beshear's administration and they can echo and amplify themes of Republicans running to oust him. → Read More
What To Give The Kentucky Pol Who Has Everything? Al Cross Has Some Jolly Ol’ Ideas.
This story is by the Kentucky Lantern, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. More of Kentucky Lantern’s work can be found at kentuckylantern.com. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Before we renew the tradition of imaginary but … Continued → Read More
Al Cross: Kelly Craft has wealth, a running mate and James Comer; what else?
Craft’s main political asset is the wealth she shares with her husband, coal magnate Joe Craft. She’s been ambassador to Canada and the United Nations → Read More
Daniel Cameron shows why he’s the GOPer to beat, then could get beat
In the 24-hour political circus that ends with the Fancy Farm Picnic, Daniel Cameron was always in the center ring. → Read More
As Beshear largely shuns Booker, Republicans prepare for first face-off
Beshear needs a strong Black vote next year, and he can’t afford to be seen as disrespecting Kentucky’s leading Black politician. → Read More
Gov. Beshear may be masking a reason for not going to Fancy Farm
The pandemic is likely to get worse, and Gov. Andy Beshear surely knew that when he said on July 23 that he wasn’t going to Fancy Farm. → Read More
Mischievous Christmas gifts for Kentucky politicians
Thirty-nine years ago, Ed Ryan, then the Frankfort Bureau chief of The Courier Journal, wrote a column headlined “Possible gifts for officials, first family.” → Read More
Voters whip Kentucky Democrats with a Trump lash
Tuesday’s election was a political disaster for Kentucky Democrats. → Read More
In race against Mitch McConnell, the Trump card is all Amy McGrath has left to play
Donald Trump will carry Kentucky by double digits, so Amy McGrath must get a substantial number of his voters to choose her over Mitch McConnell. → Read More
Does Amy McGrath have any chance against Mitch McConnell?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell surely smiled as he watched Amy McGrath slip, stumble and nearly fall to state Rep. Charles Booker in the Democratic primary for his seat. The first challenger who could match Mr. Money dollar for dollar had to drain half her campaign fund to fend off an upstart who was the … Continued → Read More
Sen. McConnell — Please don’t enable a pandemic
McConnell and Trump are joined at the hip for the election, and the senator has been called the president’s chief enabler. → Read More
Opinion: Mitch McConnell risks riling public employees with pension, bankruptcy remarks
In raising the prospect of states declaring bankruptcy, Sen. Mitch McConnell may be forgetting about the finances and recent politics of Kentucky. → Read More
Gov. Andy Beshear is showing what he’s made of
It’s sterner stuff than you thought. → Read More
Opinion: In McConnell-run impeachment, politics will rule despite impartial justice oath
In impeachment, the Constitution requires senators to swear "I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws, so help me God." → Read More
Finagling the facts and dismissing science: Welcome to the Kentucky governor's race
In the 2019 Kentucky governor's race, Andy Beshear, Matt Bevin and Sen. Ralph Alvarado are creating their own truths. → Read More
Kentucky voters, beware: Misleading irrelevant political ads are here
Irrelevant political pitches are nothing new, but they dominate this month’s TV ads, videos, mail pieces and online chatter in a big way → Read More
Bevin's chickenpox party shows disregard of science that plagues nation
Gov. Matt Bevin should be held accountable for his remarks about vaccination. They encouraged the discredited belief that vaccines are dangerous → Read More
Bevin's chances of winning re-election are better than you might think
Matt Bevin's reckless mouth has cost him politically, but he can still be re-elected as Kentucky's governor because he resembles President Trump. → Read More
Kentucky coal would be too good for politicians on our naughty list
We offer gifts symbolic and nonexistent, in appreciation and disdain, to the public figures who have given us so much to write about in 2018. → Read More
Despite loss, McGrath could be pivotal in Kentucky Democratic politics
Democrat Amy McGrath's national funding base, in a year with few other races, could be decisive in the primary and make her competitive with the wealthy incumbent. → Read More