Republican Matt Van Epps fended off Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn with nearly 53% of the vote, a much narrower margin than previous years.
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A judge heard lawyers' arguments Monday in a years-long lawsuit brought by a Jewish woman against Kentucky's near-total abortion ban. A ruling could happen soon.
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Tuesday’s special congressional election could be a much tighter race than anticipated.
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Last year, the federal government issued a new rule requiring self-insured coal mines to prove they can cover 100% of future black lung disease costs. Two Democrats say they’ve heard the Trump administration isn’t following the rule.
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Heckbent, the 501(c)(4) run by Gov. Andy Beshear’s top political strategist, reported raising more than $1.3 million in 2024 — but not the identity of its donors.
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Music from the Front Porch host Laura Ray interviews Western Kentucky native and three-time IBMA Bassist of the Year Vickie Vaughn. The powerhouse vocalist and accomplished songwriter debuted her first full-length solo record, ‘Travel On,’ last Friday, November 21st.
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Government contractors, health-related groups and the medical marijuana industry were among hundreds of organizations that spent $9.1 million lobbying Kentucky’s executive branch agencies on policy in the fiscal year ending this summer.
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The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as dangerous, stupid or unfounded. But it wasn't always this way.
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The legislation comes after the White House authorized up to 600 military lawyers to be temporary immigration judges and scrapped requirements for them to have immigration law experience.
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The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
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Lithuanian authorities accused Belarus of deliberate disruption after weather balloons directed at Vilnius Airport's runways forced an 11-hour shutdown on Saturday.
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The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year.