Gov. Andy Beshear has earned national renown and praise for his handling of COVID-19 in his state. For the past couple of months, the novel coronavirus has been wreaking havoc on whatever semblance of a society we have left. Our world is changing, seemingly at the speed of light. Gen Z and Millenials went from Read More
Addison Watson Staff Writer awatson25@murraystate.edu During Gov. Andy Beshear’s second visit to Murray since his inauguration, he spoke to a full auditorium about his new budget proposal and goals for higher education on Monday, Feb. 17. After a nearly 20-second applause welcoming Beshear to the podium, he presented the highlights of his “education first” budget Read More
Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu Republican red took over Big Blue Nation at Rupp Arena on Monday for a “Keep America Great” rally, just 11 hours before the polls open. President Donald Trump endorsed incumbent candidate Matt Bevin ahead of Tuesday’s election. The Kentucky gubernatorial election is one of just three in the nation this Read More
Sarah Mead Contributing Writer smead@murraystate.edu Gubernatorial candidate Andy Beshear stopped by the Calloway County Democratic Party Headquarters in Murray today as a part of his Team Kentucky bus tour. Beshear was joined by other major democratic candidates for state positions, including his running mate for lieutenant governor, Jacqueline Coleman; Michael Bowman for state treasurer; Heather Read More
Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer, and Dylan Doyle, Contributing writer The Associated Press called the election Tuesday night with Matt Bevin as the Kentucky Governor-elect with 511,771 votes. Bevin took the win with 84,827 more votes than Democratic candidate Jack Conway. Bevin won the race for Kentucky Governor by 52.5 percent of votes cast, compared to Conway’s 43.89 Read More
He could not say he was shocked when only four members of the Board of Regents voted to renew his contract as president. He survived conflict, questions of legal proceedings and bad press. He endured a time on campus of tension and turmoil. Constantine Curris could not say he was not prepared to leave Murray Read More