State Government

When it comes to road construction and maintenance, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has few safeguards to discourage awarding single-bid contracts — which has led to higher costs for taxpayers.

If he had known when the pandemic started what he knows now, Beshear said he would have prepared Kentuckians for a longer fight.

The governor's executive order will allow for increases in nursing school enrollment, permit nurses licensed in other states to work in Kentucky, and provide bonus pay to nurses.

The proposals will be considered during the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January.

Local communities could enact ordinances to keep children from being exposed to the products, such as buffer zones for sales of vaping products near schools.

Kentucky is expected to receive approximately $400 million in federal funds for this special allocation.

According to a 2020 poll by the Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky, 59% of Kentuckians support legalizing cannabis for adults and 90% support legalizing it for medical use.

The public will have about a week to see the maps — which have been drawn behind closed doors — before lawmakers expect to adopt them.

Kentucky tourism has slowly recovered, but industry advocates want a jump start of federal relief money to help market the state.

This is the third national effort Cameron has joined seeking to block federal vaccine mandates in recent weeks.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield, a Republican from Crofton and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he was “stupefied” that police can’t get search warrants for some DUI cases.

Alison Lundergan Grimes, a onetime Democratic rising star and subject of a ProPublica series, is accused of using state resources for her political advantage.