Matt Bevin

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Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer

2:31pm December 20, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: "If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically."

Republican Gov. Matt Bevin campaigns outside the governor's mansion in Frankfort, Ky., with anti-abortion-rights activists. Bevin has been a consistent and vocal opponent of abortion rights in Kentucky.

In Key 2019 Races, Activists Gear Up For Big Fight Over Abortion

1:14pm November 04, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

In Virginia and Kentucky, activists on both sides of the abortion debate are working to elect candidates at the state level with the power to affect abortion policy.

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Thousands of public school teachers and their supporters protested against a pension reform bill at the Kentucky state Capitol in April. The state's Supreme Court has now struck down the law.

Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Pension Law That Sparked Teacher Protests

3:04pm December 13, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The decision is a major victory for state employees, as well as for state Attorney General Andy Beshear as he runs to unseat Gov. Matt Bevin, who championed the controversial law.

Politics & Government

Meet Matt Bevin, The Political Outsider Who Is Now Kentucky's Governor

3:04pm November 13, 2015

by Ashley Lopez

In a year full of political outsiders, Republican Bevin is the first to make it into office. A businessman who had never held office, he has shocked the state's political establishment.

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Voters Rebuke Democrats At Polls In Another Blow To Obama

4:38pm November 04, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

A Republican will be governor of Kentucky for only the second time in 40 years. Democrats blamed "Trump-mania." Conservatives helped block pot legalization in Ohio and repealed an LGBT law in Houston.

People line up outside the Kynect store at the Fayette Mall, in Lexington, Ky., in February to apply for health insurance through the state exchange.

Popular Health Exchange In Jeopardy After Surprise Republican Win

3:22pm May 20, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

Kentucky has one of the best-run health exchanges in the country, Kynect. It's led to the second-biggest drop in uninsured nationwide. But if a GOP primary result holds up, its days could be numbered.