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President Joe Biden speaks about infrastructure and a $1.6 billion bridge project on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, at a vacant property in Covington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race

Casey Sebastiano and Abbey Cutrer July 21, 2024

President Joe Biden stepped down as the incumbent Democratic candidate in the 2024 presidential election after calls to do so from Democrats and Republicans alike. In a statement posted on Instagram...

PODCAST: Every vote matters

Giana Gallo November 2, 2023

Welcome back to episode 8 of the Kentucky Kernel podcast! This week your co-host Giana Gallo interviews University of Kentucky Professor Al Cross, to discuss the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, before the fourth gubernatorial debate. Kentucky Lantern photo by Matthew Mueller

Editorial: We endorse Andy Beshear

Editorial Board October 24, 2023

As students, we hope to have our voices heard, rights protected and a healthier future for the state of Kentucky, and Gov. Andy Beshear is the best fit to do so. In an unanimous decision of 15-0, the...

Lizzy Hornung, left, and Jason Marcus were named the 2023 student body president and vice president on March 8.

SGA disqualifies unofficial student body president and vice president winners, names new official winners

Kendall Staton and Natalia Garcia March 9, 2023

The UK Student Government Association (SGA) disqualified student body president-elect Isaac Sutherland and vice president-elect Mallory Hudson one week after they were named the unofficial winners of the...

UK student government Elections Commissioner Jacob Keeton speaks to perspective candidates in the Senate Chamber at the Gatton Student Center Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

UK Student Government Association opens applications for senator, student body president

Owen Chesemore, Reporter January 27, 2023

On Jan. 16, the Student Government Association (SGA) opened applications for the upcoming spring elections. Three days later, SGA conducted its first information session, hosted by Elections Commissioner...

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at the Tates Creek Public Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo.

Amendment 2 debate shows need for transparency in government

Jennifer Sadler, Reporter December 26, 2022

Though election season is now over (for most), I’m sure many of us are left frustrated, confused and unfulfilled by the results. For those who participated in the 2022 midterm elections for Kentucky,...

"I Voted" stickers are laid out for voters on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at a polling place in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Building an appetite for advocacy: How I went from ignorant to energized when it comes to politics

Olivia Walton, Reporter December 16, 2022

Forty-two percent of 18-to-29-year-old Americans believe their vote “doesn’t make a difference,” according to the Spring 2022 Harvard Youth Poll. My mother always told me to never trust a statistic. As...

A "Vote Here" sign outside of the Maxwell Elementary Voting location. Voters came out early in the morning to vote in the midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Maxwell Elementary Voting location in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

First time voting, kind of nervous

La’Miya Starnes, Reporter December 8, 2022

Diamond Harrell, a sophomore and nursing major at the University of Kentucky, was a first-time voter in the 2022 Midterm Election.  “My mom and dad were always very active during election time. Usually...

"I Voted" stickers are laid out for voters on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at a polling place in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

The midterm elections: An overview

Paul Schlowak, Reporter November 14, 2022

Midterm elections took place Tuesday, Nov. 8, during which Americans voted for governors, representatives and senators. The election decided whether Democrats would lose their control in the national House...

A voter fills out a ballot with her child on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at Maxwell Elementary School in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Kentucky Kernel

What a defeat of Amendment 2 means for Kentucky

Laurel Swanz, Reporter November 9, 2022

Early Wednesday morning, the proposed amendment to declare abortion not protected by the Kentucky constitution was defeated. The Associated Press called the race Wednesday morning after 86% of votes...

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at the Leestown campus of BCTC in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Does my vote really matter?

Gracie Moore, Reporter November 7, 2022

If you think your vote doesn’t matter, then others probably think the same. If thousands of college students who think that way voted, they would have the power to flip an election. In 2020, the age...

UK SGA announces unofficial election results

UK SGA announces unofficial election results

Kendall Staton, Asst. News Editor October 4, 2022

UK Student Government Association (SGA) announced unofficial results of the race for Freshman Senate Positions via Instagram. The unofficial results name Morgan Brooke, Zach Tow, Carter Davidson, Jackson...

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