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Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell — along with two other Republicans and every Democrat — opposed the procedural step to begin debate on the bill.

The U.S. Department of Education said it would withhold funding for several programs, including before- and after-school programs, migrant education and English-language learning, among other initiatives.

Under Senate Bill 181 – which took effect on June 27 – teachers aren't generally allowed to contact students through texting, phone calls, social media or other untraceable methods.

KSU was one of a slew of public colleges and universities that presented their needs to the legislature’s Capital Planning Advisory Board.

An independent analysis found that Kentucky will suffer the biggest hit of any state — a decline of $10 billion in Medicaid payments to rural providers over 10 years as 130,000 rural Kentuckians are expected to lose their Medicaid coverage.

The president previously approved expedited disaster assistance for individuals and local governments for the February floods and individual assistance for the April floods and May tornadoes. 

Long-planned Kentucky State Capitol renovations are pushing Frankfort lawmakers into temporary chambers. The renovations are estimated to stretch for three years.

Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared to reject some of the proposed foreign aid cuts, arguing they eroded American influence around the world.

Senate leaders are unsure if a special session will be needed before January to address storm damage.

U.S. Senate proposals would shutter some Kentucky hospitals, warns state hospital association chief.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kentucky over a regulation that gives “an undocumented alien” in-state tuition if they graduated from a Kentucky high school.