A longtime racing industry executive, the Michigan native helped pass Kentucky's game-changing historical horse racing ...

Outgoing Kentucky State Senator Damon Thayer has been named the recipient of the 2024 Warner L. Jones Jr. Horseman of the ...

The partisan balance in Kentucky’s legislature appears to have been unchanged by Tuesday’s election, although a Democratic ...

A constitutional amendment to allow the Kentucky General Assembly to fund nonpublic schools failed at the ballot box Tuesday.

With Senate Republican Floor Leader Damon Thayer planning to step down from office, two candidates are seeking to replace him ...

“That’s just who he was: a good man who loved the mountains and its people.” Kentucky Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon ...

Damon Thayer, a mainstay in the Kentucky Senate who played a key role in legalizing sports wagering and helped shape rafts of conservative policies, said Wednesday that he won’t run for ...

Just because the countdown to Election Day is nearly over, that does not mean that either political party is calling it quits ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, announced on Wednesday he will not seek re-election for Kentucky’s 17th Senate District. The 17th Senate District ...

Sen. Damon Thayer has emerged as one of the most vocal critics of Gov. Andy Beshear. The majority floor leader says this session will be his last, but the General Assembly will still have the ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Following Senate adjournment, Floor Leader Damon Thayer told Lexington Herald Leader Frankfort Bureau Chief Tessa Duvall, and other reporters ...

With Senate Republican Floor Leader Damon Thayer planning to step down from office, two candidates are seeking to replace him in the 17th Senate District. Matt Nunn, a veteran and executive at ...