Murray State University’s Board of Regents broke ground for a future learning commons and residential hall on the far western Kentucky school’s campus Friday.

Gov. Andy Beshear is letting a bill that would take 67 transgender inmates off hormone therapy and block public funds for inmates’ elective medical treatments become law — without his signature.

Both groups lobbied against governor’s private-school voucher bill

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a GOP-backed bill to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the state's public universities. Beshear said Thursday that diversity should be embraced as a strength, and he branded the legislation as being “about hate.”

As the Trump administration begins hollowing out the U.S. Department of Education, teachers rallied for the agency that distributes hundreds of millions in funds to Kentucky schools.

From banning cell phones to banning DEI, the Kentucky General Assembly voted to make changes in public education before breaking last week for a 10-day veto period.

Lawmakers want to cut off extra funding for multilingual students after four years.

A bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public colleges and universities passed out of the Senate Wednesday. It’s likely to head to the governor’s desk once the House concurs.

A bill allowing Tennessee public schools to exclude children without legal immigration status cleared a House subcommittee Tuesday as protestors gathered outside the hearing room chanting “stop hurting kids” and “shame on you.”

A bill that would give Kentucky’s public universities an additional path to firing tenured professors has cleared a Senate committee, moving one step closer to final passage.