McKenna Horsley
ReporterMcKenna Horsley covers state politics for the Kentucky Lantern. She previously worked for newspapers in Huntington, West Virginia, and Frankfort, Kentucky. She is from northeastern Kentucky.
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Months after Kentucky voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed public funds to support nonpublic schools, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear applied the same logic in a line-item veto. -
Some graduate students at the University of Kentucky have had their visas revoked, President Eli Capilouto said in a campus-wide message Friday afternoon. -
Kentucky Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher on Tuesday urged school superintendents to contact their lawmakers in Congress about a sudden halt in payments from federal pandemic relief funds.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday vetoed Republican legislation that he said would make workplaces in Kentucky more dangerous and several bills that he said were unconstitutional.
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From banning cell phones to banning DEI, the Kentucky General Assembly voted to make changes in public education before breaking last week for a 10-day veto period. -
Despite a handful of Republicans voting no, the Kentucky House passed a measure that would expand options for public school districts that have lost instructional time to weather closures and other reasons, including recent statewide flooding. -
Without legislative action, districts will absorb $40M difference in projections and costs -
On stage at the World Economic Forum, Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear spoke about economic issues in the state and abroad — including areas that have become heavily politicized, such as diversity policies in the workplace and environmental sustainability. -
As Kentucky lawmakers convene Tuesday in Frankfort, stakeholders are still waiting to see what legislation may be filed in this session of the General Assembly because prefiled bills were eliminated almost three years ago. -
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents on Thursday approved 11 recommendations for changes to the system in response to a directive earlier this year from the state legislature.
