Screenshot
/
KPR
Trump won central Kentucky’s congressional district easily in 2024. Democrat Zach Dembo flipped the script this week, overperforming in both urban and rural counties.
- News Briefs
- Tennessee GOP newcomer Charlie Hatcher to take Andy Ogles’ seat in Congress
- Longtime KET CEO and executive director dies
- Analysis finds SEEK formula funding is expected to go down at nearly all Ky. school districts
- McCracken County Extension Office to hold event Oct. 14 to trade Bradford pear trees for native plants
- Beshear relaxes rules on red-dyed diesel to help farmers
- Former Graves County teacher facing grooming charge again after judge previously dismissed case
NPR Top Stories
Tyrone Turner/WAMU for NPR
Thousands across the U.S. have gotten involved to oppose data centers. One is a Maryland woman who'd been evicted after a pay cut and became a leader of a community effort that blocked a vast project.
More Regional News
-
Governor declines to give any timeline for considering the presidency -
Pennyrile Regional Energy Agency is entangled in more than 20 lawsuits across several counties -
In order to expand the issues its drafted plan focuses on, Kentucky Heritage Council is asking for the public to give their own experiences and ideas that can contribute and help with preservation efforts across Kentucky. -
After being one of the most recognizable faces on KET's air, Renee Shaw will step in to lead the network. -
Longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn will make history as Tennessee’s first female governor without the majority of the vote. -
Republicans will still hold a dominant supermajority in Frankfort next year, but Kentucky Democrats were able to knock off nine GOP incumbents in suburban legislative districts.
More NPR Headlines
-
NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on a surprising hit album this week.
-
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with political scientist Andra Gillespie about Black voter turnout during the 2026 midterm election.
-
Israel's center-right opposition has a chance to unseat Netanyahu — but backing of Arab-led parties will be key. -
From the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate and the first Muslim who will join the upper chamber to the Senate's first Paralympian, voters elected historic candidates on Tuesday. -
The Trump Administration has ushered in a fundamental shift in the U.S. approach to global health aid. How will the newly elected Democratic Congress weigh in? -
The razor-thin margin between GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom is shining a light on an election process in Mississippi that is among the slowest and most decentralized in the U.S.
