NPR: Matt Bevin https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=205825749 Matt Bevin en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:14:23 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Matt Bevin https://www.npr.org/tags/205825749/matt-bevin Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer 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." Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:34:23 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/12/20/790182205/ex-kentucky-gov-defends-controversial-pardons-for-child-rapist-murderer https://www.npr.org/2019/12/20/790182205/ex-kentucky-gov-defends-controversial-pardons-for-child-rapist-murderer 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."

]]> Brakkton Booker In Key 2019 Races, Activists Gear Up For Big Fight Over Abortion 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. Mon, 04 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/774150955/in-key-2019-races-activists-gear-up-for-big-fight-over-abortion https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/774150955/in-key-2019-races-activists-gear-up-for-big-fight-over-abortion

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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]]> Sarah McCammon Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Pension Law That Sparked Teacher Protests 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. Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:16:43 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2018/12/13/676420722/kentucky-supreme-court-strikes-down-pension-law-that-sparked-teacher-protests https://www.npr.org/2018/12/13/676420722/kentucky-supreme-court-strikes-down-pension-law-that-sparked-teacher-protests

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.

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]]> Laurel Wamsley Meet Matt Bevin, The Political Outsider Who Is Now Kentucky's Governor 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. Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:56:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2015/11/13/455748352/meet-matt-bevin-the-political-outsider-who-is-now-kentuckys-governor https://www.npr.org/2015/11/13/455748352/meet-matt-bevin-the-political-outsider-who-is-now-kentuckys-governor 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.

]]> Ashley Lopez Voters Rebuke Democrats At Polls In Another Blow To Obama 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. Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:40:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2015/11/04/454600865/voters-rebuke-democrats-at-polls-in-another-blow-to-obama https://www.npr.org/2015/11/04/454600865/voters-rebuke-democrats-at-polls-in-another-blow-to-obama 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.

]]> Jessica Taylor Popular Health Exchange In Jeopardy After Surprise Republican Win 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. Wed, 20 May 2015 14:22:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/20/408235031/popular-health-exchange-in-jeopardy-after-surprise-republican-win https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/20/408235031/popular-health-exchange-in-jeopardy-after-surprise-republican-win 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.

]]> Domenico Montanaro In Kentucky, An Epic Senate Race Takes Shape While GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell's strategy is to attack Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes as a tool of her national party, she's seeking to put the senator on the defensive over women's issues. Wed, 21 May 2014 17:25:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/05/21/313823463/in-kentucky-an-epic-senate-race-takes-shape https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/05/21/313823463/in-kentucky-an-epic-senate-race-takes-shape While GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell's strategy is to attack Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes as a tool of her national party, she's seeking to put the senator on the defensive over women's issues.

]]> Frank James Conservative Group Backs Challenge To 'Liberal' McConnell Two days after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell helped broker a deal to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, the Senate Conservatives Fund announced it will support his GOP primary election challenger in Kentucky. Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/10/18/237164854/conservative-group-backs-challenge-to-liberal-mcconnell https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/10/18/237164854/conservative-group-backs-challenge-to-liberal-mcconnell Two days after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell helped broker a deal to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, the Senate Conservatives Fund announced it will support his GOP primary election challenger in Kentucky.

]]> Adam Wollner McConnell's Kentucky Challenger Gets Her Act Together Maybe Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Kentucky Democrat who hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, is ready for prime time after all. Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:19:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/07/26/205812331/mcconnells-kentucky-challenger-gets-her-act-together https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/07/26/205812331/mcconnells-kentucky-challenger-gets-her-act-together

Maybe Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Kentucky Democrat who hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, is ready for prime time after all.

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