The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, including how Lexington women fought for the right to vote.

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Two hundred years ago this month, President John Quincy Adams took the oath of ...

One bill vetoed by Gov. Andy Beshear has caught the attention of Sec. of State Michael Adams, who says the governor 'murdered ...

Adams had not received a single popular vote in Kentucky—not one ... in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine.

The women are identified as: (l to r) Laura Clay, President of Kentucky Equal Rights ... women in Kansas won equal voting rights. “When I read back through the history and the stories, it ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican lawmakers have passed a measure to protect conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youths as part of a bill that also would outlaw the use of Medicaid funds to pay ...

“You should expect a senator form Kentucky to vote for those nominees to advance ... the state and the longest-serving leader in Senate history, announced last week that he will not run for ...

In Maine, two of four electoral votes go to the statewide winner and one electoral vote goes to the winner in each of the two congressional districts. In Nebraska, two of five electoral votes go ...

Kentucky is one of just 3 states that KET felons from regaining the right to vote. If they aren't pardoned or have their records expunged. The League of Women Voters of Kentucky wants to change that.