Regional & State

Brown-Forman’s portfolio includes brands Woodford Reserve, Old Forester and Jack Daniel’s. 

The lawsuit claims the legislature and state education officials are falling short of their constitutional obligations.

State laws boosting Medicaid payments to hospitals are working well, a legislative committee was recently told.

Advocates for children say Kentucky’s legislature should enact a statewide ban on the use of corporal punishment in schools.

Sen. Chris McDaniel said the Republican-controlled legislature should stick to the “very disciplined” process it has adopted for gradually reducing and ultimately eliminating Kentucky’s individual income tax. 

Republicans rejected the Democratic proposal for a graduated income tax rate.

The governor described “our new Kentucky home” as welcoming further investments in manufacturing, healthcare and infrastructure like those that have come to the state during his tenure.

GOP leaders call the move an "attempt to undermine the majority rule." Democrats say the supermajority is out to silence dissent.

The bill would lower Kentucky’s individual income tax rate from 4% to 3.5% in 2026, projected to lower state revenue by $718 million annually.

In 2022 the General Assembly passed a new law that eliminated the opportunity for lawmakers to prefile bills — a move some said shut the public out of the legislative process.

State lawmakers met in Frankfort on Monday to begin the 2025 legislative session — welcoming new members, introducing legislation and arguing over their own rules and procedures.