Beech Tree News Network

Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. * * *Kentucky voters overwhelmingly defeated Amendment 2 which would have allowed tax money to be used by private schools. The no votes were 65 percent. * * * Amendment 1 easily passed with more than 60 percent of voters giving approval for that measure that proposed adding the language "no person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote in the state" into sections 145 and 155 of the state constitution.