Regional & State

One well-known example of this too-fast process was last year’s Senate Bill 150, limiting how parents, medical providers, and schools treat transgender children and youth, writes Jennifer A. Jackson, president of the League of Women Voters of Kentucky.

A 2022 survey indicated challenges include “access to farmland and capital, student loan debt, access to health care, affordable housing and the increasing impacts of climate change.”

The governor has a duty to challenge laws he deems unconstitutional and the “comprehensive authority” to decide how funds appropriated to his office are spent, the appeals court ruled.

Kentucky’s veterinary shortage will likely be a topic discussed during the upcoming legislative session starting in January.

The parade will tell the story of Beshear's first term governing through a time of unprecedented adversity, his office announced.

Recent studies have shown signficantly elevated levels of PFAS chemicals at testing sites in Christian County and Fort Campbell.

The League's report examined how often the General Assembly did not follow its established process to give Kentuckians time to review and comment on proposed legislation.

Energy officials believe solar could provide up to 40% of the country's electricity by 2035, but it would require roughly 5.7 million acres of land for panels.

Brown led the party when the number of Republican registered voters surpassed Democrats for the first time.

The celebration will be one of only three second-term inaugurations in state history since a state constitutional amendment allowed governors to run for another consecutive term in the 1990s.

Julian Carroll was Kentucky’s governor, House speaker and a state senator. At 92, he is in hospice care.

Permits, which must be obtained online, entitle a family to cut one cedar tree in most areas of LBL between Nov. 24 and Dec. 24.