The Kentucky Senate approved a bill Thursday that would allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a permit or training on the first anniversary of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that killed 17 students and staff members.
Bowing to pressure from powerful special interests, GOP leaders are trying to give big utilities a monopoly on solar power’s future in Kentucky and save an old coal-fired electricity plant TVA wants to close.
The state’s regional universities and community college system could opt out of the state’s troubled pension system under a new legislative proposal, but it could be a very expensive proposition for them.
A senate bill that would change how water utilities are valued could mean higher rates for customers, consumer advocates and Lexingotn Mayor Linda Gorton warned.
Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, is pushing a bill that would remove Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes from her role as chairwoman of the State Board of Elections.
Police have taped off a suburban Chicago apartment unit where the suspect in the fatal shootings of six people at an industrial warehouse was believed to have lived.
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border Friday and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Three months after a much-disputed election for Georgia governor, lawmakers have filed a bill to make the state use voting machines that have electronic ballot markers and print a paper ballot.
President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build the wall ends one political problem for the White House and its allies on Capitol Hill, but launches another.
New Mexico state legislators have shunned a proposal to increase the maximum royalty rate for oil and natural gas production on state trust lands that generate money for public schools.
Nevada's governor on Friday signed into law a bill expanding background checks to private gun sales and transfers, rounding out a week of fierce and emotional debate from gun violence survivors and opponents to the legislation.
Several people who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant with bogus drug cases have filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the police department.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the house floor that President Trump will sign the spending bill to avoid government shutdown but will also issue a declaration for a national emergency.
