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The 81-year-old former senator busts some moves (sort of) in a video that tells young people to press their elders for a solutions to the nation's debt and deficit problems.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform meets today to share its recommendations with Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear. Beshear appointed the commission…

He's one of the most consistently conservative voices in Congress and a favorite of Tea Party activists across the nation. DeMint says he's "not leaving the fight." No organization, he says, is better equipped to push conservative principles than Heritage, a Washington-based think tank.

We continue our conversations with local chamber of commerce executives. Today Chad Lampe speaks with Hopkinsville/Christian County Chamber President and…

Four west Kentucky riverports are receiving most of about $400,000 in state grants to perform repairs to their facilities. The Paducah/McCracken County,…

Construction began in 1848, but was halted for several decades due to lack of funding and the Civil War. On this day, in 1884, the capstone was set,…

Despite experiencing one of the worse droughts in U.S. history, agriculture economists in Kentucky are projecting record cash receipts for the state’s…

Kentucky’s Blue Ribbon Tax Commission will solidify its final list of recommendations Thursday afternoon, which could include imposing higher income taxes for those making more money. Gov. Steve Beshear created the group to review the state’s tax code, which officials have determined needs significant changes to respond to slowing revenue. According to a University of Kentucky report commissioned by the state, "tax revenue failed to keep pace with the economy or declined more than the economy," the past decade. Thursday morning the panel reviewed recommendations still on the table including corporate, property and sales taxes. WFPL caught up with commissioner Stu Silberman on the group's lunch break. He said they were provided information regarding the fiscal impact of these tax proposals. “They gave us a number of about $300 million but again that’s estimated. I would say it’s more like two to three hundred million generated therem" he said. But, Silberman said the commissioner still needs a large piece of the puzzle, which includes changes to personal income tax. The commission must present its final recommendations to the governor’s office by December 15.

White House spokesman Jay Carney put an end to intense speculation Thursday about whether President Obama would do an end run around Congress with one simple line: "This administration does not believe the 14th Amendment gives the president the power to ignore the debt ceiling — period."

After a nearly year-long review, Kentucky's Commission on Tax Reform has approved recommendations that could generate nearly $700 million a year. Some…