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By Angela HattonFrankfort, KY – Kentucky Auditor Crit Luallen says staff reductions across state government have left accountants straining to keep up…

By Angela HattonHopkinsville, KY – Area health department officials say the region is so far free of swine flu. Pennyrile District Health Department…

to the new welfare law that exempts battered women from work requirements. State governemnts are confused over who qualifies as a victim of domestic abuse...and analysts and advocates disagree about how strict the definition ought to be.

over protecting the privacy of computerized medical records. Rapid changes in collecting and disseminating medical information have raised questions which are difficult to answer. In essence, the debate involves balancing the privacy of individuals and potential benefits to medical research.

Photographer and reporter Scott Peterson of The Christian Science Monitor has been covering the war on terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks. He is also the paper's Moscow bureau chief, and a former Middle East correspondent. Peterson recently attended a training camp for journalists to learn how to deal with kidnappers and gunmen. He was also a friend of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl. Peterson is the author of the book Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda.

Influenza is beginning to make its mark on Kentucky. The early cases have been found in two larger urban areas.The traditional flu season in the…

By Chris Taylorhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-854419.mp3Frankfort, KY – Good Jobs First is a national policy research…

that some two thousand United Nations troops will be withdrawn from Haiti and how that would affect law enforcement efforts in that country. The fledgling local police force remains ill prepared to assume full responsibility, and the U.S. would be unlikely to allow that to happen.

share prices are up as the big cigarette companies negotiate a possible settlement to federal and state lawsuits. The proposal -- which would require Congressional approval -- would shield the tobacco industry from future lawsuits by creating a fund worth hundreds of billions of dollars to pay claims to smokers.

Republican Bob Dornan's fight to reclaim the House seat he lost in a very tight race last November. He has charged that voter fraud involving Hispanic immigrants propelled the victory of his opponent, Loretta Sanchez. The INS says there is evidence of some questionable activities.