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Another high-profile contender has officially joined the race for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat. U.S. Rep Andy Barr announced Tuesday he’d run for seat in what is expected to be a hotly contested primary.

The Louisville graduates were temporarily authorized to work under a federal program for international students, but had their legal status terminated in a federal database.

Kentucky mom Jessica Henninger is part of a lawsuit over alleged book removals and curricular changes in Department of Defense-run schools she says violate her children’s First Amendment rights.

The Trump administration is rescinding more than $9 million in infrastructure funding for local governments across the Commonwealth.

Kentucky’s state auditor is investigating the process for how medical marijuana licenses were awarded last year, which was criticized by local hemp farmers.

The advocacy group for Kentucky businesses spent more than $150,000 to lobby the state legislature in the three-month session, paying 14 lobbyists.

The ACLU is representing six families — including two with children attending elementary school in Fort Campbell — who accuse the Department of Defense of violating their First Amendment rights by removing books from their school libraries.

While shrugging off fossil fuel contributions to climate change, Kentucky GOP Sen. President Robert Stivers applauded President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders designed to boost the coal industry.

Cuts to federal agencies and grants for museums and libraries will have a large impact on the Kentucky Humanities Council and the ability of Appalshop to preserve its flood-damaged historic archives of the region.

After the Kentucky GOP passed more anti-transgender laws, trans Kentuckians are supporting each other and speaking out about the harm they say lawmakers are causing.