State Government

Each year, your Kentucky lawmakers make hundreds of votes. KPR had a computer scrape hundreds of documents to produce an easy-to use-voting record.

The new commissioner for the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice warned lawmakers Wednesday that an influx of youth sent to juvenile detention facilities could burden an already overtaxed system.

The funding will go toward 11 construction projects, including plans for 76 units in Christian County.

The commission has broad oversight over gambling in Kentucky, including betting on horse races, sports wagering and equine safety and medications.

Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have tried and failed to pass bills on both of these issues. 

The number of early voters has increased every year since being introduced in 2020.

By the end of Kentucky's primary this year, the outcome of more than half of the state’s legislative races will be all but decided. In a number of races, only one candidate or members of just one party are running.

In 2022-23, the average salary for a Kentucky teacher was $56,296, compared to the national average of $69,544.

The new legislation follows a 2022 Tennessee case in which a nurse was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a patient died from a medical error.

Here's your 2024 Kentucky General Assembly scorecard.

Amendment 2 would allow the General Assembly to fund nonpublic schools.