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Sylvia Goodman/KPRThe 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. -
Bud Kraft/LRC Public InformationThe 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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On May 19, about 1 in 10 registered Kentucky voters will not be eligible to cast a ballot in the state’s partisan primaries because they are not Republicans or Democrats. -
In a "Kentucky Needs Assessment" from the Nature Conservancy, Kentucky ranks last among peer states for conservation funding with just under $2.4 million allocated to just one conservation funding program. -
A free market think tank found Kentucky awarded $483 million of single-bid asphalt road contracts in 2025, calling for more scrutiny of the bidding process. -
Legislation allowing health care workers to deny care because of their moral, ethical or religious principles passed the Senate on Friday. -
Tennessee House Republicans passed a measure allowing public schools to display the Ten Commandments over Democrats’ objections of constitutional concerns. -
While some Kentucky schools and businesses shut their doors during and after the storm, farmers still had to go to work. Dealing with winter weather is a necessary part of farming in order to keep crops and livestock growing.
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A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive order calling for the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment. -
Trump posted the first architectural renderings of his future presidential library, planned for a prime plot of land donated by Miami Dade College. He later said it's "most likely to be a hotel." -
A month ago, Health Secretary Kennedy said his agency would soon give compounding pharmacies the greenlight to make the products, which have exploded in popularity despite a lack of data. -
NPR art director and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Hatshepsut, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pharaohs in Egypt's history — but whose legacy was erased for over 3,000 years. -
The Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado's law banning conversion therapy "regulates speech based on viewpoint." -
Scientists say the little fish may hold broader lessons for raising other marine species in captivity.
