Several top officials in Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration are calling for comprehensive reform of Kentucky’s 15 area development districts, saying they no longer trust the agencies to manage and spend millions of dollars.
Conservatives have long been wary of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s conservatives bona fides, but his support for President Donald Trump’s wall amid the longest government shutdown in history bolsters his credibility.
Lawyers for the federal government, who say they aren’t being paid because of the partial shutdown, hope to postpone a lawsuit over tougher eligibility rules that Gov. Matt Bevin wants for Kentucky’s $9.7 billion-a-year Medicaid program.
Kentucky House Republican leaders asked the state Legislative Ethics Commission if it had information from a former staffer’s sealed deposition alleging former House Speaker Jeff Hoover assaulted her.
A Kentucky judge who left the scene of an accident has been suspended without pay for seven days. District Judge William Roberts will start the suspension Feb. 15, the Judicial Conduct Commission said.
A recently retired Kentucky Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion striking down Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's pension law has responded to the governor's criticism of the ruling as an "unprecedented power grab by activist judges.".
Mayor Linda Gorton and Baptist Health hosted a free screening of the movie “Beautiful Boy” Wednesday and pushed a multidisciplinary community effort to come up with policies, best practices to tackle opioid addiction.
In an extraordinary statement, the Israeli military has confirmed that it attacked Iranian military targets in Syria, hours after carrying out a rare daylight air raid near the Damascus International Airport.
An annual survey shows people view their employer as the most trusted institution in their lives, with less trust seen in governments and businesses overall.
People in the Mexican town where a gasoline explosion killed at least 85 people say the section of pipeline that gushed fuel has been a habitual gathering site for thieves, repeatedly damaged and patched like a trusty pair of jeans.
A Minnesota high school where fans displayed a President Donald Trump re-election flag has pulled out of a basketball invitational hosted by a Minneapolis school on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, plans this week to bring up legislation that would immediately reopen the government — with funding for shuttered agencies through the end of the fiscal year — and incorporate President Donald Trump’s proposal to offer temporary protections to some immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion for his border wall, a top aide to McConnell said Sunday.
The chairwoman of the Washington state Democratic Party says she's not happy to hear of a possible independent run for president by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning residents to prepare for potentially dangerous conditions as an arctic cold front brings wind chill temperatures below zero for most of the state.
Participants in an annual Women's March in western North Carolina say they feel empowered and encouraged by midterm election victories that raised the profile of women in politics.
Two Death Valley National Park rangers spent hours cleaning one filthy, garbage-covered bathroom, video shows. The park said it’s reopening closed areas despite a government shutdown.
