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Kentucky’s utility regulator has granted permission to investor-owned utility Kentucky Power to build a replacement cooling tower and partially demolish an aging existing tower at a coal-fired power plant the utility co-owns near Moundsville, West Virginia. In a Friday order, the Kentucky Public Service Commission…
Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services says a vendor’s recent security breach exposed some health plan information for nearly 4,000 people. According to a Monday notice, Gainwell Technologies experienced security breaches on March 26, April 16 and April 21 and learned about them in August. During the…
This story first appeared on Louisville Public Media. It’s republished here as part of the Appalachian News Exchange reporting partnership to strength Kentucky journalism. A lawsuit filed in a federal district court Thursday alleges the Department of Homeland Security has systematically collected sensitive data on…
When Patrice Jetter and Garry Wickham became engaged, the first decisions were of small, giddy consequence: where to hold the ceremony, whom to invite, what to wear. But soon enough, a far weightier question eclipsed them all: whether they could afford to marry at all. They learned that, as people with disabilities…
Churchill Downs contributed $570,000 during the last three months to Republican PACs that have been spending big on independent advertising aimed at electing State Sen. Julie Raque Adams and other Republicans to the General Assembly in November. The flood of campaign money from Churchill since July 1 is documented in…
Despite what polls and political analysts say, Democrat Charles Booker says he’s ready to win the race for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat next month. In an interview with the Kentucky Lantern, Booker said the race against Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr “feels like the perfect storm.” He said his previous Senate runs…
This column was originally published in the Northern Kentucky Tribune. LEXINGTON, Ky. – It’s been 30 years or more since Kentucky was a bellwether state in national politics, but it might be this year. Part of it, at least. That part is the section of Kentucky that the nation may know best, the Bluegrass Region
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — President Donald Trump returned to Northern Kentucky for the second time this year in hopes of swaying GOP voters in the commonwealth to back Republicans at the ballot box. Despite gaining attention from the Cincinnati area media market, the Saturday rally at Northern Kentucky University focused…
Saturday's chilly No Kings Rally in downtown Lexington looked similar to past demonstrations throughout President Donald Trump's second term. But organizers hope this event is more productive than previous iterations at activating people to take action.
Today’s health insurance affordability crisis is a rerun of the one Kentucky faced in the 1990s. The cause is the same. The path to relief is the same. And once again, Frankfort can deliver it. In 1994, Frankfort enacted new controls that supporters promised would make health insurance more affordable and accessible…
A proposed Mason County data center campus for the technology company Meta could avoid paying about $50 million a year in local taxes through a tentative agreement between the county and Meta, according to a new analysis from a progressive think tank. In its Friday analysis, the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy…
The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures. Until now, no industry had driven the U.S. economy with such force since the railroad expansion of the late 1800s, when titans battled one another to lay the…
Kentucky’s most competitive U.S House race this year continues to tighten as both Republicans and Democrats pull out the stops with days to go before the general election begins. The 6th District candidates, Republican Ralph Alvarado and Democrat Zach Dembo, have agreed to one televised debate ahead of the November…
Over the next few years, Kentucky is facing the largest Medicaid cuts in the program’s history. Starting in January, the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act will take Medicaid coverage away from many thousands of Kentuckians. Separately, state Medicaid cuts will go into effect in July unless the 2027 General Assembly…
Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, September’s number was the highest since May, when it…
WASHINGTON — Democrats are touting an ambitious legislative agenda centered on affordability and accountability if they take back the U.S. House or Senate — or both — in November. A slew of pressing policy debates are on tap for Democrats, including healthcare, immigration, voting rights, the war in Iran, oversight…
The Jefferson County Teachers Association’s PAC donated $200,000 to a pro-Republican PAC in the May primary. Now, the same conservative PAC is running attack ads against candidates endorsed by the teachers union. Federal Election Commission records show JCTA’s PAC, Better Schools Kentucky, donated the funds to the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson said she needs more information on the education that former Gov. Matt Bevin and his ex-wife, Glenna, provided for their adopted son, Jonah. In court Thursday morning, Johnson said: “I want proof that Jonah received an appropriate education, and we’ll go…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has issued an executive order overhauling the board overseeing the state’s broadband network KentuckyWired, throwing another wrench into a contentious lawsuit the network is entangled in. In his Wednesday order, Beshear cited a Kentucky Supreme Court decision in…
Farmers are reeling from tariffs, rising fuel and fertilizer costs, soaring insurance premiums, and the increasing cost of debt. Now, more than ever, America’s agricultural community needs diversification. Agricultural hemp is part of that solution. “We farm 25,000 acres of soybeans, wheat and corn, and to be an…
Some 80,000 Kentuckians have lost access to the food benefits known as SNAP because of federal changes to the program, Gov. Andy Beshear said in a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Kentucky’s congressional delegation on Wednesday. Beshear said that number includes 24,655 children and…
The technology company Meta will invest billions of dollars for a proposed Mason County hyperscale data center and will pay millions of dollars to local schools and the county but will also receive a 40-year tax break on local property taxes, according to a tentative agreement. During a regular Mason County Fiscal…
Kentucky’s largest electric utility has saved tens of millions of dollars in recent years by installing more than 1 million digital “smart” utility meters at homes and businesses in large part by being able to check the meters remotely for energy usage, disconnections and reconnections. But a national nonprofit argues…
I thought the University of Louisville had listened. Two years ago, the university hosted public meetings about the prospect of developing Stansbury Park, a historic Olmsted-designed park at the edge of campus. The community pushed back and the idea seemed to disappear. Then, in August, UofL President Gerry Bradley…
Sen. Chris McDaniel is on the road this week, crossing Kentucky to urge voters to support a constitutional amendment aimed at curbing governors’ pardon powers around elections. The Ryland Heights Republican repeatedly proposed the amendment in the Kentucky General Assembly for seven years following a flurry of…
WASHINGTON — As partisan tensions rise in advance of the fast-approaching midterm elections, students will test their knowledge Wednesday in a field that’s long enjoyed bipartisan support: civics. Fifty-two middle school students hailing from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and American Samoa, will compete at the…
President Donald Trump has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, to resign after texts between her and former Kentucky governor candidate and suspended attorney Eric Deters became public, according to published reports. The Wall Street Journal reported last week on text messages between Guilfoyle…
President Donald Trump will be in Northern Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 17. Trump will be in Highland Heights, but the specific location was not included in an event sign up. Doors open at 10:30 a.m., a rally starts at 12:30 p.m. Trump will speak at 2 p.m. The event is free, but registration is required.
As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up an…
A recent column said nonpartisan judicial elections present a problem for voters, namely, “How can voters know how judges may rule on the cases that come before them?” The key word in that sentence is “may.” Judges should not commit to ruling one way or the other, but to decide cases based on the law
Being an election official isn’t easy these days. In recent years, local election officials across the country, including poll workers, have faced an increase in threats and harassment. According to a 2024 survey released by the Brennan Center for Justice, 38% of local election officials experienced threats…
While the Kentucky Supreme Court isn’t reconsidering its decision in last spring’s impeachment of Fayette County Judge Julie Goodman, it does plan to weigh in on her decisions in a controversial hit-and-run case at the center of the legislative proceedings. Two legal experts who spoke to the Kentucky Lantern said that…
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the U.S. House condemned a “deeply disturbing” raid early Monday at the District of Columbia home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who has long been a target of verbal attacks by President Donald Trump and Republicans. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Democratic…
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — As kin gathered at her home three days before Christmas, Nancy Tucker expected her son Adrian to drop by during his dinner break. She knew he was excited to see the family. But she wasn’t worried when he didn’t show; he must have been held up at work. A few hours later
On the night of Sept. 30, Tennessee strapped Christa Pike to a gurney and tried to kill her. More than an hour and two doses of pentobarbital later, witnesses could still hear her breathing. She told the execution team her arm felt like it was about to burst. Four months earlier, Tennessee’s team spent more
Lexington extended its temporary ban on data center construction. Mercer County rejected regulations that would allow hyperscale data centers. And a Carroll County ethics board is looking into dealings surrounding a proposed hyperscale data center. As local governments in Kentucky are weighing and making decisions on…
Measles cases for the calendar year surpassed 4,000 for the first time in decades, with as many as five deaths in Pennsylvania, as the federal government steps in with financial help for states but also fans vaccination fears and skepticism. A weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed…
CORBIN, Ky. — While Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear disagreed on how President Donald Trump’s policies are impacting Appalachian Kentucky, the two came together Friday to announce money going toward economic development in the region. At the annual Shaping Our Appalachia Region Summit…
Kentucky has now confirmed more than 100 cases of measles as the state grapples with its highest case load this century. According to the state’s measles dashboard, Kentucky has confirmed 104 cases of the highly contagious disease, more than half of which were confirmed in September. The Department for Public Health…
Rocky Adkins, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in Kentucky’s upcoming governor race, has raised more than $1.75 million in his first quarter. The other Democratic contender, Jacqueline Coleman, who launched her campaign three months before Adkins did, reported Friday that so far she has raised $540,000. And as…
It’s fall festival season in Kentucky, a time when each of our 120 counties has its time to shine, and small town streets are lined with tents, crafts, local food, and music. Each place has its own unique flair, like London’s World Chicken Festival or my hometown of West Liberty’s Sorghum Festival, but no matter
It’s amazing how quickly we forget. In the not-too-distant past local residents and environmentalists were concerned about the damage done to local streams and rivers from strip mine run-off. While much of this danger has abated as strip mines closed and sites were rehabilitated, it seems as if a new danger lurks, one…
A Franklin County judge has told the ownership company of a Fleming County apartment complex to halt any efforts to evict members of a tenant union there over placing pro-union signage in apartment windows. Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd issued a temporary restraining order on Sept. 21 against Ridgeway…
Urban hospitals are closing at roughly the same rate as rural ones, and the shuttered hospitals are more likely to have served communities with high poverty rates and fewer transportation options, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal JAMA. Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
A Republican leader has raised concerns about whether political games are being played with budget forecasts that show new revenue amid a very uncertain economic forecast. At a legislative meeting Wednesday, Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee chair Chris McDaniel, R-Ryland Heights, said he was worried about a…
This story first appeared on WEKU. It’s republished here as part of the Appalachian News Exchange reporting partnership to strength Kentucky journalism. A RICO case against a Pike County attorney and two others over allegedly fraudulent black lung cases will move forward after a federal judge denied motions to dismiss…
“Nobody else would put up with you.” “You know exactly how to make me act this way.” “You don’t want to see what happens if you leave me.” Unfortunately, many people will recognize these words from personal experience. They may have heard them from a partner in years past or just this morning. A single
Gov. Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency for Thursday, Oct. 8, that will allow Kentucky farmers and truckers to use untaxed or red-dyed diesel fuel on public roadways to help with high prices during the fall harvest. The move follows a request to Beshear by Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, asking…
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has asked President Donald Trump to reconsider proposed changes to the Head Start program that he said would “destabilize early education systems that we have developed over decades.” This summer, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced an intent to change policies…
Help is available to Kentuckians living with addiction. For resources, visit https://findhelpnow.org/ky. In physical emergencies, call 911. For mental health crises, call or text 988. Locate free Naloxone (Narcan), which can reverse overdoses, near you here. Van Ingram, the longtime head of Kentucky’s Office of Drug…
Three years ago, we talked a lot about banning books in Kentucky. Back then, the wacky war on woke was gaining ground in our legislature and in our libraries. I remember talking to librarians like Erin Waller of the Daviess County Public Library, who was going through a list of 248 books that had been
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. — On a rainy October afternoon, Janatta Evans sat in a chair next to other tenants and described the tumultuous several months she’s had with her Shelbyville apartment. When she first tried to move into her subsidized rental in March, there was a strong smell of urine inside. She said management at…
New preliminary research from the University of Michigan shows women living in states with post-Dobbs abortion bans may be more likely to shoulder costs for employer-sponsored health insurance premiums, with federal data reflecting a 5.4% increase in annual premium expenditures for those women after 2022, when most…
Kentucky’s top agriculture official applauded Republican President Donald Trump for signing an executive order to defer federal taxes on red-dyed diesel through the end of the year, but says the state can still offer extra help to offset costs. Republican Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell sent a letter to…
It was an early November day, cold and snowy. My father, Walter, was 85 and recovering from cataract surgery gone bad. He did the things an 85-year-old did – he read his newspaper daily despite an 8th grade education, told WWII stories, and doted on his grandchildren. But there was one more thing he did
When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, officials in Denver, a liberal city where roughly 14% of residents are foreign-born, quickly sued. “Every day we find new things to be…
More than a year after a Northern Kentucky protest at Roebling Street Bridge over federal immigration officials’ arrest of an Ohio cleric, a protester was arrested Monday morning on a felony charge. Benjamin Potash, a Louisville lawyer representing Taylor Marshall, told the Kentucky Lantern that his client’s arrest…
At Standard & Poor’s in New York, I had young analysts with credentials far better than mine, MBAs from schools I could not have afforded to walk past. Every few months one of them would appear in my doorway and say, “Mr. Branscome, I’d like to discuss my career.” Because I liked them, I told
FRANKFORT – Since early last May, Republican outside groups have spent more than $620,000 to help reelect Julie Raque Adams to another term in the Kentucky Senate. That’s nearly twice as much help as any other candidate on the Kentucky ballot this year – Republican or Democrat – has gotten from outside groups…
WASHINGTON — This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office. An unprecedented increase in cooperation between local and state law enforcement and federal immigration officers through collaborations known as 287(g) agreements helped…
This story first appeared onLouisville Public Media. It’s republished here as part of the Appalachian News Exchange reporting partnership to strength Kentucky journalism. Fifty years ago, a constitutional amendment approved by Kentucky voters was implemented that dramatically reformed the state’s judicial system…
More than 12,000 Kentuckians registered to vote in September — weeks ahead of midterm elections. Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams’ office released the latest voter registration numbers Friday afternoon. The 12,380 new voters is the highest monthly total since 2024, which was a presidential election year…
An internal poll from Democrat Zach Dembo’s campaign shows the candidate with a five-point lead over Republican Ralph Alvarado in Kentucky’s central congressional district. Pollster GQR, which tends to favor Democratic candidates, found in a survey of 401 likely voters, 42% backed Dembo, 37% backed Alvarado and 11%…
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has a three-step guide to winning in a typically Republican state, he told Arkansas Democrats at a Thursday night fundraising dinner. “Focus, talk normal, and lead with your ‘why,’” he told an audience of about 200 people at the state Democratic Party’s Ballots, Blue Jeans & BBQ event in…
FRANKFORT — Around 14,000 families receiving Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program benefits in 2025 didn’t receive most child support owed to them, experts said Thursday. During the 2027 legislative session, Sen. Craig Richardson, R-Hopkinsville, plans to renew his 2026 push to reform this process. He presented…
More than 60 people filled a committee room for the “listening session” on data centers set up by Rep. Adam Moore, D-Lexington, with speakers coming from counties including Barren, Boyle, Boyd, Carroll, Daviess, Breckinridge, Madison, Mercer, Mason, Oldham, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Pike and Woodford. All but one…
Republican Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell is asking Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear to temporarily suspend a prohibition on using untaxed diesel on public roads. A spokesperson for the governor said his office is reviewing the letter. Shell sent a Thursday letter to Beshear hoping to “draw your…
An electric utility serving Western Kentucky counties is telling the state regulator it anticipates keeping its existing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants open beyond 2050, a projection amid state and federal efforts seeking to boost fossil fuel-fired power. On Tuesday, Owensboro-based Big Rivers Electric…
Gov. Bill Lee has ordered a third-party review of the botched execution of Christa Pike and put a hold on state executions for the rest of the year. “Carrying out a lawfully imposed sentence is among the State’s most serious responsibilities, and the people of Tennessee expect it to be done in a manner that
An email from a Lexington brewery owner about a Sept. 23 fundraiser for one of the Kentucky legislature’s top Republicans has sparked questions about campaign donation laws. Last week, an email from Andrew Bishop, an owner of Ethereal Brewing, circulated online from a now-deleted Reddit post on the Lexington…
Speed Kentucky plans to open a $1.47 million facility in Owsley County and employ 60 people who will work on “final assembly and distribution” of the company’s utility task vehicles, Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday. This is the “largest investment and job creation announcement” in the county’s history, Beshear said…
This story first appeared on WEKU. It’s republished here as part of the Appalachian News Exchange reporting partnership to strength Kentucky journalism. The state Public Service Commission said Tuesday it will not allow a group of stakeholders to intervene in an audit of Kentucky Power’s operations and management. The…
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. The Trump administration recently moved the funds into a U.S. Customs and…
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Judiciary Committee Republicans repeatedly dissected Smith’s work…
This coming Monday — Oct. 5 — is the last day for Kentuckians to register to vote ahead of the November general election. Registering can be completed online, via mail or by returning voter registration cards to your local County Clerk’s office. As of August, the state has about 3.3 million registered voters. In order…
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate. The bill — which sailed through on a 77-22 vote — would set a national framework for college athletes’ compensation, provide certain antitrust protections to the NCAA…
HARRODSBURG — The Mercer County Fiscal Court rejected zoning regulations on Monday that would have allowed the siting of large data centers on land adjacent to a Kentucky Utilities coal-fired power plant. The unanimous vote by county elected officials during a special meeting is the latest development in the rural…
OWEN COUNTY, Ky. — She usually had a “stomach of steel.” Most food wouldn’t really bother her. But when Eliza Petzinger had a helping of country ham during her family’s Christmas dinner last year, the strong reaction — stomach discomfort and nausea — came just hours later. “I was so sick, and so I knew.
A decade or so ago I was talking with the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. The conversation turned to healthcare, and I was in a snarky mood. “How do you like being in the health insurance business?” I asked, clearly looking for an argument over federal healthcare policy, because I had consistently supported single
WE BUY HOUSES. CASH 4 HOMES. FA$T CA$H. The signs, text messages and mailers promise cash, quick sales and a seamless means of unloading unwanted homes. But advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity. And now, many states are cracking down…
Gov. Andy Beshear created the Governor’s Office of Music last week by executive order, saying the new office will work to connect and support artists through the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. The office will do that, in part, through its Industry Directory, which hopes to “fuel ongoing collaboration and growth”…
Kentucky towns are serving as the backdrop of holiday movies, thrillers and “Ethan Almighty,” an upcoming film about the dog who inspired the passage of a Kentucky law criminalizing abuse of dogs and cats. The bump in film production in the commonwealth can be attributed to Kentucky lawmakers building up the state’s…
My connection to Appalachia didn’t begin when I became a community development professional; it began generations ago. Like many Appalachians, my story is woven into the history of our mountains and the communities that call them home. I chose to spend my career serving Eastern Kentucky because I believe in the people…
This story was first published in The Edge. Doctors who train in Kentucky will practice in Kentucky. That’s the thinking behind Eastern Kentucky University’s plan to build a medical school at its main campus in Richmond to help address a shortage of primary care and other physicians statewide. The first class of…
On Oct. 24, 2021, dressed as a zombie and dancing in Lexington’s annual Thriller Parade, I collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest and died in front of the Kentucky Theatre. Main Street was packed with a thousand zombies and 10,000 spectators, making it impossible for an emergency vehicle to navigate through the horde of…
The Kentucky Supreme Court will not reconsider their decision that stopped the General Assembly from impeaching Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman, according to a Thursday ruling. Last spring, the House voted to forward article of impeachment to the Senate, but the Supreme Court found the process unlawful because it…
Gov. Andy Beshear asked Kentucky’s congressional delegation in a Thursday letter to throw their support behind a bill amending the Black Lung Benefits Act to “provide adequate benefits for miners suffering from black lung disease.” The Black Lung Benefits Act “provides monthly payments and medical benefits to coal…
Attorney General Russell Coleman found the University of Kentucky to be in violation of Kentucky’s open records law in three different cases since August, showing the school’s continuing pattern of problems with the state law aimed at government transparency. The Lexington Herald-Leader found that in 2025, 18 of 24…
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the…
Lawmakers raised concerns this week that a new state policy could leave retirees covered by the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan without coverage. Gov. Andy Beshear’s office said it’s determined to keep that from happening. During Tuesday’s meeting of the Public Pension Oversight Board, co-chair Rep.Walker Thomas…
“We're in Kentucky to stay. Planned Parenthood is not going anywhere.”
Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, even as Congress debates slowing down major cuts to federal food stamps. New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows more than 330,000 Americans lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP…
A land conservation nonprofit in Kentucky is using grant funding to add signs near birding “hotspots” in Eastern Kentucky that people can use to document birds through an app supported by an ornithology lab at Cornell University. The Kentucky Natural Lands Trust is using part of a $10,000 grant from the Cornell Lab of…
If there are one or two of you out there who still have doubts that Gov. Andy Beshear will run for president in 2028, doubt no more. This week, he officially released “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country,” joining the Presidential Hopeful section of your local bookstore already stocked with choices
Gov. Andy Beshear chairs the Democratic Governors Association this year and in that role his job is to help elect as many Democratic governors as possible in November. In working toward that goal, Beshear’s super PAC, In This Together, made a $100,000 contribution in August to Project Battleground Georgia, a political…
Nearly two years ago, I wrote in this publication that the Kentucky General Assembly’s faith in income tax rate cuts as a vehicle for generating revenue was a mirage. At the time, the state was preparing to cut the individual income-tax rate from 4% to 3.5% even as revenue was expected to decline. I argued
A group of economists in charge of forecasting how much revenue Kentucky will bring in the next two fiscal years predicted a more pessimistic financial outlook in the coming years, citing a number of uncertainties in the economy. During a Tuesday meeting, the Consensus Forecasting Group, made up of economists from…
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements. The broad tax and spending law that President Donald Trump signed last summer, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, established work, school or community service requirements for…
This story first appeared on Louisville Public Media. It’s republished here as part of the Appalachian News Exchange reporting partnership to strength Kentucky journalism. For the first time, Kentuckians will be able to direct some of their tax dollars toward private or homeschool education. Starting Jan. 1…
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individuals and industries may kill endangered animals in the course of logging projects, developments and other activities, it…