Kentucky Edition

Early voting gets underway in Kentucky, a local rapper tags along with a gubernatorial candidate's campaign, a political media consultant discusses how campaign ads are planned and tracked, a Kentucky man is sentenced for his role in the riots on Jan. 6, and universities explain how they'd like to spend state funds.

KDE releases the 2023 school report card, we hear from voters in what could be a key county in the governor's race, a Kentucky law could go before the U.S. Supreme Court, and a collapse and old coal plant kills one and traps another.

Candidates crisscross the state in the final week of the campaign, a new report breaks down how the campaigns are being funded, how one group is working to mobilize voters, why Kentucky's two U.S. senators are at odds, and we take you to an annual witch festival.

Gubernatorial candidates launch a bus tour in the final days of the campaign, survivors of a mass shooting in Louisville are planning to sue a gun maker, the federal trial begins for a former officer involved in the Breonna Taylor shooting, and rain can't stop one Halloween tradition.

BlueOval and Ford say they'll delay the opening of their second plant in KY, a KY Appeals Court says personal cell phones can be subject to open records requests, the state supreme court strikes down a new law, and two educators receive the "oscars of teaching."

The UAW reaches a tentative deal with Ford, a Lexington paper endorses a Democrat and a Republican, new housing developments are announced in Eastern Kentucky, National Guard soldiers return from a recent mission, and an invasive species now calls Kentucky home.

The gubernatorial candidates meet for their final debate, the U.S. finally has a Speaker of the House, Kentucky journalism loses a legend and pioneer, how a shortage of doctors and nurses is impacting small regions of the state, and how students are gaining a better understanding of where their food comes from.

A recap of KET's conversation with the gubernatorial candidates, how to become an active bystander, how a crime tracing lab is making a difference in Appalachia, bidding is underway for a historic KY property, and a program that's making a difference for patients with breast cancer.

Candidates for governor meet for a third debate, a symposium focused on gun violence, the state's highest court hears a case about ballistics analysis, how one county is keeping recidivism down, a UAW strike expansion, and a check of how sports wagering in Kentucky is going.

Cameron receives some support on the campaign trail, Sen. Paul discusses aid for Israel and Ukraine, two new polls looking at the governor's race, how the state is progressing to close abandoned wells, and celebrating a Louisville landmark.