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A United Campus Workers of Kentucky board member says a bill now under consideration in the state House that would let public universities lay off educators – including those with tenure – for financial reasons could be “devastating” for the commonwealth’s academic community.
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The legislation requires local government agencies that distribute benefits to check immigration status and report unqualified immigrants to the state’s new immigration office; it includes criminal penalties for public employees who fail to comply
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Ford’s EV battery plant in Glendale was supposed to be the biggest economic development project Kentucky has ever seen. Now that the plant has shuttered, some former workers feel spurned, but community leaders remain cautiously optimistic.
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On the Senate floor Friday, several Kentucky lawmakers held an impromptu discussion of the federal immigration crackdown, with one GOP senator saying we need to “tone it down.”
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Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center received federal and state funding to develop the Merryman Village – a new affordable housing community for survivors of domestic violence.
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Market House Theatre in Paducah is presenting a murder-mystery dinner experience this month with its latest production “Board to Death,” which tells the story of Ricky, a former NFL star who attempts to take control of a fitness company, but tensions are high between him and the board of directors.
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A Franklin County judge ruled Thursday he won’t dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Kentucky students alleging the state has failed to provide an adequate and equitable education.
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After six years of planning, fundraising and construction, The Murray Art Guild, or the MAG, opened their new, larger space Tuesday.
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At 25, Chloe Kim could become the first halfpipe snowboarder to win three consecutive Olympic golds.
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Trucks have been stuck at the closed border since October. Both countries are facing economic losses with no end in sight. The Taliban also banned all Pakistani pharmaceutical imports to Afghanistan.
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With the race still too close to call, former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded to challenger Analilia Mejia in a Democratic primary to replace the seat vacated by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
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Dorothy Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years interviewing interracial couples in Chicago. Her memoir draws from their records.
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An armed, masked subject was caught on Nancy Guthrie's front doorbell camera on the morning she disappeared.
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NPR's Rachel Treisman took a pause from watching figure skaters break records to see speed skaters break records. Plus, the surreal experience of watching backflip artist Ilia Malinin.