McKenna Horsley
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social
Covering politics for @kentuckylantern.com.
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Freshman lawmaker elected to Kentucky House Democratic leadership kentuckylantern.com/briefs/fresh...
Freshman lawmaker elected to Kentucky House Democratic leadership • Kentucky Lantern
A freshman Louisville lawmaker has been selected to serve as the Kentucky House Democratic whip after the caucus voted Friday.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Freshman lawmaker elected to Kentucky House Democratic leadership kentuckylantern.com/briefs/fresh...
Louisville Democrat steps away from House leadership to work on ‘adaptive golf’ project kentuckylantern.com/briefs/louis...
Louisville Democrat steps away from House leadership to work on ‘adaptive golf’ project • Kentucky Lantern
Louisville Democratic Rep. Al Gentry is stepping down as chair of the Kentucky House minority caucus to work on an adaptive golf project.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Louisville Democrat steps away from House leadership to work on ‘adaptive golf’ project kentuckylantern.com/briefs/louis...
Kentucky receives federal guidance for processing full food assistance benefits kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/13/k...
Kentucky receives federal guidance for processing full food assistance benefits • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky has received federal guidance allowing state workers to begin processing full food assistance benefits to residents, says Gov. Andy Beshear.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Kentucky receives federal guidance for processing full food assistance benefits kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/13/k...
Protecting kids, planning for data centers among AI issues KY legislature urged to tackle kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/13/p...
Protecting kids, planning for data centers among AI issues KY legislature urged to tackle • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky lawmakers studying artificial intelligence issue recommendations to protect minors exposed to AI online and laws about data centers.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Protecting kids, planning for data centers among AI issues KY legislature urged to tackle kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/13/p...
Louisville lawmakers clash on Medicaid, agree on housing needs, in preview of 2026 session kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/12/l...
Louisville lawmakers clash on Medicaid, agree on housing needs, in preview of 2026 session • Kentucky Lantern
Louisville Republicans and Democrats largely disagreed when it came to changes to Medicaid backed by President Donald Trump.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Louisville lawmakers clash on Medicaid, agree on housing needs, in preview of 2026 session kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/12/l...
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Rand Paul warns McConnell-backed provision will regulate hemp industry ‘to death.’
Almost all of Kentucky's 4,700 acres of hemp were grown for flowers and cannabinoids not fiber.
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Almost all of Kentucky's 4,700 acres of hemp were grown for flowers and cannabinoids not fiber.
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Rand Paul warns McConnell-backed provision will regulate hemp industry 'to death' • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky’s two U.S. senators — Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul — spar over the future of the hemp industry.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rand Paul warns McConnell-backed provision will regulate hemp industry ‘to death.’
Almost all of Kentucky's 4,700 acres of hemp were grown for flowers and cannabinoids not fiber.
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Almost all of Kentucky's 4,700 acres of hemp were grown for flowers and cannabinoids not fiber.
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Kentucky Derby trainer joins race for U.S. Senate as an ‘Independent Democrat’ kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...
Kentucky Derby trainer joins race for U.S. Senate as an ‘Independent Democrat’ • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky racehorse trainer Dale Romans has joined the heated political race for an open U.S. Senate seat as an "Independent Democrat."
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November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Kentucky Derby trainer joins race for U.S. Senate as an ‘Independent Democrat’ kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...
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Kentucky’s U.S. senators spar over the hemp industry's future: Mitch McConnell wins Senate approval for a provision that Rand Paul warns will regulate the industry “to death.”
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Hemp growers, retailers targeted in section of government shutdown legislation • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky’s two U.S. senators — Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul — spar over the future of the hemp industry.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Kentucky’s U.S. senators spar over the hemp industry's future: Mitch McConnell wins Senate approval for a provision that Rand Paul warns will regulate the industry “to death.”
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The United States Supreme Court has declined to revisit the 2015 landmark ruling that gave same-sex couples marriage equality, a failure for former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis.
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Kentucky clerk’s bid to challenge same-sex marriage fails • Kentucky Lantern
The United States Supreme Court has declined to revisit the 2015 landmark ruling that gave same-sex couples marriage equality.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The United States Supreme Court has declined to revisit the 2015 landmark ruling that gave same-sex couples marriage equality, a failure for former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis.
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US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/10/r...
US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown • Kentucky Lantern
Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia, and Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/10/r...
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State juvenile justice department sued over record access kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/07/s...
State juvenile justice department sued over record access • Kentucky Lantern
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Frankfort by Kentucky Protection and Advocacy, part of a federally-authorized, nationwide system charged with oversight of individuals with ment...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
State juvenile justice department sued over record access kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/07/s...
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Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/07/r...
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown • Kentucky Lantern
Payments would be sent to states Friday, the department’s Food and Nutrition Service said in a letter to state directors of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which is funded by t...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/07/r...
Kentucky chief justice asks legislature for more funding for facilities and employee pay kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/06/k...
Kentucky chief justice asks legislature for more funding for facilities and employee pay • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Lambert asks lawmakers to greenlight more funding for judicial employee pay and court facilities.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Kentucky chief justice asks legislature for more funding for facilities and employee pay kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/06/k...
Kentucky opens candidate filing period for 2026 elections kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...
Kentucky opens candidate filing period for 2026 elections • Kentucky Lantern
Candidates vying for Kentucky offices in 2026 — including open U.S. Senate and U.S. House seats — can now formally file to run in the state.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Kentucky opens candidate filing period for 2026 elections kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...
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As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, there were 11 confirmed deaths from the Louisville plane crash.
First responders have shifted from a rescue to a recovery mode.
First responders have shifted from a rescue to a recovery mode.
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, there were 11 confirmed deaths from the Louisville plane crash.
First responders have shifted from a rescue to a recovery mode.
First responders have shifted from a rescue to a recovery mode.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff through sunset on Sunday, Nov. 9, to honor Kentuckians lost because of the plane crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday.
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff through sunset on Sunday, Nov. 9, to honor Kentuckians lost because of the plane crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday.
The late Gov. Martha Layne Collins to lie in state Sunday kentuckylantern.com/briefs/the-l...
The late Gov. Martha Layne Collins to lie in state Sunday • Kentucky Lantern
Martha Layne Collins, the only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky, will lie in state at the Old State Capitol.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The late Gov. Martha Layne Collins to lie in state Sunday kentuckylantern.com/briefs/the-l...
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to staff food banks while more than 600,000 in the state await federal food assistance during the ongoing government shutdown.
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Beshear sends state National Guard to staff food banks seeing ‘surge’ amid SNAP delays • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to staff food banks while more than 600,000 in the state await federal food assistance during the ongoing government shutdown. This comes days ...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to staff food banks while more than 600,000 in the state await federal food assistance during the ongoing government shutdown.
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Beshear says at least three killed in Louisville plane crash kentuckylantern.com/briefs/beshe... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social
Beshear says at least three killed in Louisville plane crash • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at least three people have died after a United Parcel Service plane crashed after taking off Louisville.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Gov. Andy Beshear is heading to Louisville following a report of a plane crash near Louisville International Airport.
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Gov. Andy Beshear is heading to Louisville following a report of a plane crash near Louisville International Airport.
Kentucky Republican hopes to ban distracted driving with 2026 legislation kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/04/k...
Kentucky Republican hopes to ban distracted driving with 2026 legislation • Kentucky Lantern
A Kentucky Republican is hoping to strengthen the state’s distracted-driving laws before he leaves office next year.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kentucky Republican hopes to ban distracted driving with 2026 legislation kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/04/k...
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Louisville Metro Police are collecting data through license plate readers and sharing it with thousands of law enforcement agencies, including ICE. From @morganwatkins.lpm.org
Louisville police share data with national immigration dragnet
Louisville Metro Police collect data through license plate readers and share it with thousands of law enforcement agencies.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Louisville Metro Police are collecting data through license plate readers and sharing it with thousands of law enforcement agencies, including ICE. From @morganwatkins.lpm.org
There are no elections in Kentucky today FYI
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There are no elections in Kentucky today FYI
Kentucky to hold a state food drive as threats to food assistance loom, governor says kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/30/k...
Kentucky to hold a state food drive as threats to food assistance loom, governor says • Kentucky Lantern
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state is starting a food drive as to the loss of federal food assistance looms.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Kentucky to hold a state food drive as threats to food assistance loom, governor says kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/30/k...
Gov. Beshear has dressed up as Mr. Rogers for the Halloween Team Kentucky update this year.
"Welcome to my neighborhood."
"Welcome to my neighborhood."
October 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Gov. Beshear has dressed up as Mr. Rogers for the Halloween Team Kentucky update this year.
"Welcome to my neighborhood."
"Welcome to my neighborhood."