Regional & State

Whiskey, bourbon and other distilled spirits are facing a 50% tariff by the European Union at the end of the year if the Biden Administration and EU leaders don't reach a trade deal.

Carroll served as governor from 1974 to 1979.

The Board of Regents also authorized the purchase of an apartment complex and discussed a veterinary school proposal.

Legislation passed in 2022 eliminated the process of posting these pre-filed bills on the Legislative Research Commission’s website.

Outgoing Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles will take office as KCTCS’s next president next year.

Volunteers will place wreaths on graves at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West following a ceremony on Dec. 16.

Now is the time for Kentuckians to demand transparency and accountability from their legislative servants, writes open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver.

Slavery and indentured servitude is illegal in Kentucky except as a punishment for a crime. The exception has deep ties to slavery, and some lawmakers hope to amend the Constitution to eliminate it.

Both reports found that less than 1% of payments made from the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund had been in error.

Kentucky nonprofit arts organizations that provide year-round arts programs are eligible to apply for funding through Feb. 15.

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.”