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The Kentucky House passed a bill meant to crack down on electronic cigarette sales to minors
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal electronic cigarette sales to young people and keeping unauthorized vaping products out of stores won passage in the Kentucky House… Read More
Union reaches a tentative contract at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Bargainers for a union representing workers at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia and two other states reached a tentative agreement with the grocery chain on… Read More
Kentucky’s Senate passes a bill to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support. The… Read More
Union rejects Kroger’s contract offer at 38 stores in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Union workers at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia and two other states have voted to reject the grocery chain’s contract proposal and give their bargaining… Read More
Kentucky’s Senate supports a constitutional change to restrict end-of-term gubernatorial pardon powers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor’s end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by… Read More
A sweeping bill would expand childcare and early childhood education in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she’s pregnant with her first child, she says the response is often the same — especially among other… Read More
A Kentucky Senate committee advances a bill limiting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers plunged Thursday into the contentious issue of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on college campuses as a GOP-led Senate panel advanced a bill over… Read More
Kentucky’s House boosts school spending but leaves out guaranteed teacher raises and universal pre-K
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky House endorsed higher school spending for education in its two-year state spending plan on Thursday but left out two of the Democratic governor’s… Read More
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky offer legislation to regulate adult-oriented businesses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers proposed making adult-oriented businesses off-limits within a block of places frequented by children as they offered legislation on Tuesday that includes a renewed effort… Read More
Kentucky lawmakers advance a bill intended to prevent military veteran suicide
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Veteran suicide prevention legislation started advancing Tuesday as lawmakers pursue a strategy meant to better serve those who joined the military. House Bill 30, with bipartisan… Read More
A bill seeking to end early voting in Kentucky exposes divisions within Republican ranks
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has forcefully pushed back against an effort to eliminate three days of early voting in the Bluegrass State, exposing fissures… Read More
Republicans and Democrats finalize candidate lineups for Kentucky elections in 2024
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s congressional and legislative campaigns came into focus Friday as Republicans and Democrats completed candidate lineups for 2024 elections lacking a marquee race for statewide office… Read More
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear calls for unity in GOP-leaning Kentucky to uplift the economy and education
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear reached across the partisan divide Wednesday night to urge a unified effort with Republican lawmakers to uplift education, health care and the… Read More
A Kentucky woman seeking court approval for an abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday…. Read More
A pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that… Read More
Towboat owner pleads guilty to a pollution charge in the oil spill along West Virginia-Kentucky border
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The owner of a towboat that sank and resulted in pollution of a river along the West Virginia-Kentucky border pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal pollution… Read More
Multistate search for a murder suspect ends with a hostage situation and fatal standoff at a gas station
CEREDO, W.Va. (AP) — A man suspected of murder in Ohio and multiple carjackings in Kentucky was killed by West Virginia police in a standoff outside a gas station where… Read More
A Louisville bank employee livestreamed the attack that killed 5
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of Kentucky’s governor — while… Read More
At least four people are dead after a shooting at a downtown Louisville building
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others Monday, police said. The suspected shooter was… Read More
Eastern Kentuckians wrangle with cold and flood aftermath as winter sets in
LITT CARR, Ky. (OVR) — On the outside, it looked like an ordinary shed. But inside, the building bustled. Moving between two long tables, neighbors caught up while they looked through… Read More
Kentucky and Ohio will get $1.6B to fix overloaded bridge and add span
CINCINNATI – Kentucky and Ohio will get more than $1.63 billion in federal grants to help build a new Ohio River bridge near Cincinnati and improve the existing overloaded span… Read More
What the abortion debate in Kentucky reflects post-Roe America
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Across America, midterm voters in five states had abortion rights on the ballot. In all five, voters decided to protect those rights. Kentucky voters rejected a… Read More
Once numerous, the few remaining ferry boats on the Ohio River carry on
CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — 62-year-old Rick Turner has seen plenty of sunrises steering his ferry boat, the Loni Jo, between the banks of the Ohio River. But he’s grown… Read More
A tax to provide benefits to black lung victims is permanent, but might not fix all the fund’s problems
HAZARD, Ky. (OVR) — It’s early in the morning outside a Hampton Inn in Hazard, Ky. A bright blue-and-white RV covered in larger-than-life portraits of coal miners sits smack in the… Read More
Independent voter registration is increasing in Kentucky
FRANKFORT. Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says the number of people registering to vote as independent is outpacing those who are registering with the two major… Read More
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