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With the 2026 session of the Kentucky General Assembly nearing its end, lawmakers advanced a flurry of bills this week dealing with schools, data centers and government agencies.

A Court of Appeals judge recalled the arrest warrant issued earlier this week against former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, who was found in contempt of court.

The state House passed legislation Thursday that would compile data on trans Tennesseans.

Global Laser Enrichment is getting a potential combined $98.9 million incentives package from the state of Kentucky and McCracken County to aid its development of a first-of-its-kind laser uranium enrichment facility in Paducah.

The Kentucky Senate passed a bill Friday that would open the door for public colleges and universities to fire staff and educators for a wider range of reasons – even employees with tenure.

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.

A U.S. judge pressed the Trump administration Thursday about its basis for barring Venezuela's government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro's legal fees in the drug trafficking case that has put him behind bars in New York.

Two-term GOP Sen. Steve Daines shocked Montana when he announced his retirement. Democrats worry a new independent candidate will split their party's vote.

In August, Education Department employees will relocate to a smaller office roughly a block away, and the larger Energy Department will take over the old headquarters.

The order briefly stops the government from labeling tech company Anthropic a "supply chain risk," calling that "classic First Amendment retaliation."

It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.

Southeast Asia is among the areas hardest hit by Iran's cutoff of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, with many nations almost entirely dependent on foreign energy — and quickly running out.