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The Kentucky General Assembly’s GOP supermajority waited until the final day before the veto period to pass a two-year state budget and a bill spending $1.7 billion on specific projects.
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The clock is ticking as the GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly races to pass bills ahead of the governor’s veto period this week. On Tuesday they advanced bills addressing pesticides, Medicaid spending, elections and more.
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In a bid to hasten the return of the death penalty in Kentucky, a bill that would allow execution protocols to bypass the formal rulemaking process passed a House committee vote.
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The life of the Puerto Rican ballplayer is the subject of the 2024 documentary “Clemente,” which is being screened this week by Murray State University’s Cinema International.
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For most of Murray State University’s history, students and community members had to drive out of town – and sometimes out of the state – to purchase alcohol. But, now, they can head to liquor stores and restaurants in town and buy beer with the Racers’ logo on it.
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The Kentucky elections bill now combines elements from other stalled legislation, increasing maximum political contributions, restricting forms of voter ID and allowing more partisanship in judicial races.
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Tennessee is moving to block climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.
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Unlike Tennessee's past three governors, Sen. Marsha Blackburn doesn't have a large personal fortune to help fund her gubernatorial campaign. Instead, she has used her years of political connections and standing as a close ally of President Donald Trump to raise large sums of cash.
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From Rhysand in A Court of Thorns and Roses to Kingfisher in "Fae and Alchemy," Anthony Palmini is a voiceover star for romantasy's bestsellers — a book genre that continues to explode.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, about the use of AI by the Pentagon.
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Human remains found in a church in the Netherlands could be those of d'Artagnan, one of the legendary French swordsmen who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers.
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President Donald Trump said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade.
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Violence erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite early Sunday morning as a powerful gang warred with a vigilante group.
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The Huskies beat Duke with a 3-pointer from the logo with 0.4 seconds left by Braylon Mullins, who grew up just outside of Indianapolis.