By Linda Blackford| Editor
Election Day is almost here, early voting starts Thursday, and we’re going to get some visitors from the U.S. Department of Justice. But they’re only going to be visiting Lexington and Louisville because, you know, the food’s better there? McKenna Horsley has the story.
Except for those two fairly blue cities, Kentucky is very red. Still, the General Assembly may have some interesting races to keep an eye on next Tuesday. Contributor Hannah Pinski looks at the competition.
A Jefferson County family court judge has been suspended for 30 days by the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission.
And in Commentary, kinship care expert Norma Hatfield is disappointed by the court case that keeps going on and on.
Have a great Tuesday and thanks for reading!
An election observer monitors two poll workers processing absentee ballots in the Milwaukee Election Commission warehouse on Aug. 13. Discrepancies in the count could be used by county canvassing boards in swing states as a reason not to certify elections. (Photo by Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline)
By McKenna Horsley
Kentucky election officials say they have been alerted by the U.S. Department of Justice that election monitors will head to the state’s largest cities for next week’s general election.
Kentucky’s General Assembly will have plenty of races on Election Day on Nov. 3, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes)
By Hannah Pinski
Kentuckians won’t just vote on who to replace the outgoing U.S. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell in the general election on Nov. 3.
In addition to a constitutional amendment and local races, voters will decide who will represent them in the Kentucky General Assembly for the next two- and six- year terms.
A Jefferson Family Court Judge has been suspended for 30 days. (Stock photo by Greenleaf123/Getty Images)
By Sarah Ladd
Louisville Family Court Judge Lauren Adams Ogden will be suspended for 30 days after the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission found she violated multiple rules of judicial conduct.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Oct. 23, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)
COMMENTARY
By Norma Hatfield
At 2:30 Saturday morning, I woke up troubled by the October 23 hearing in the Kentucky Court of Appeals that I had attended.
One thought kept returning: We shouldn’t have been in that courtroom at all.
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