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A free market think tank found Kentucky awarded $150 million of single-bid asphalt contracts in the first six months of this year, following $270 million given in 2024.

The 2025 Eighth of August festivities in Paducah will run through Sunday, several of them hosted by the W.C. Young Community Center. Erika Hudson, president of the center’s board of d, said that there’s going to be new events, as well as classic traditions like the annual parade.

Community leaders joined HempWood’s founder and employees Tuesday to celebrate the company’s addition of a second factory on its Murray campus – capitalizing on a growth in the hemp industry in the Bluegrass State and nationwide.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has announced that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026. The second-term senator's announcement Wednesday sets up a primary clash with U.S. Rep. John Rose. Blackburn is a two-time statewide elected official and ally of President Donald Trump. She says she is running to ensure Tennessee is America's conservative leader.

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing rule changes that would limit the authority of district safety managers to require tailored safety measures at individual mines.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is mobilizing the National Guard to help federal agents with President Donald Trump’s mass deportations.

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control.

Hiller spent years scraping by in Hollywood by taking on various small roles. Then he landed the role of Joel on Somebody Somewhere and everything changed. His new memoir is Actress of a Certain Age.

After cryptic Instagram posts and a surprise countdown clock, Swift announced early Tuesday that her new album will be called The Life of a Showgirl. The cover art and release date remain a mystery.

President Trump says that the announcement of this year's Kennedy Center honorees will come Wednesday.

Cutting Medicaid can seem like an easy way to slash the budget. But, the costs can spread to all of us.

Inflation remained elevated last month as President Trump's tariffs continued to make their way into the prices that consumers pay. The average cost of living in July was up 2.7%.