The Madison County Board of Education held a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposal to open the state’s first charter school there.

Democratic Sen. Denise Harper Angel, who represents the 35th district in Louisville, said she will not run for reelection this year after serving in the role for nearly two decades.

Slavery and indentured servitude is illegal in Kentucky except as a punishment for a crime. The exception has deep ties to slavery, and some lawmakers hope to amend the Constitution to eliminate it.

Kentucky is one of just four states where local and state law enforcement can’t get a warrant to wiretap a criminal suspect’s communications, leaving only federal officials with such powers.

One of the few Democrats in the Kentucky legislature announced she will not run for reelection next year, and will instead run for Louisville Metro Council’s District 10 seat.Former Democratic state Rep. Mary Lou Marzian filed her candidacy for the 41st District in Louisville just before the announcement.

Kentucky officials are recommending another round of raises for state employees, and boosting the pay of senior workers in order to retain and reward experienced personnel.

Utility regulators approved the retirement of two coal-fired generating units and deferred the retirement of two others last week. Here’s how a law that makes it more difficult to retire fossil fuel generating units affected plans for new power generation.

As Republican state legislators discuss their legislative priorities for the upcoming biennial budget session, few seem daunted by the veto power of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won a second term Tuesday by a comfortable margin, as the incumbent Democrat defeated Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron by roughly five percentage points and 67,174 votes.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear will reprise his role as the lone statewide elected Democrat in Frankfort during his second four-year term in office.