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.
An Auburn police officer shot multiple times after responding to reports of an armed robbery is recovering, while two suspects are believed to have died in a fire following a shootout.
The State Department says Heather Nauert, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name from consideration.
Former Secretary of the Army John Marsh Jr. has been laid to rest at a Civil War battlefield where he first developed a love for history and the military.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says Amazon proved its critics right by canceling its planned New York City campus rather than trying to win the critics over.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has robustly defended European powers' decision to stand by the Iran nuclear deal but U.S. Vice President Mike Pence promptly accused Europe of once again undermining the United States.
The U.S. Air Force has begun flying tons of aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border as part of an effort meant to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
As India considers its response to the suicide bombing of a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir that killed dozens of soldiers, a retired military commander who oversaw a 2016 military strike against Pakistan has urged caution.
Five Democratic senators vying for their party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 are fanning out across the country to campaign and meet voters.
A top Census Bureau official says an internal agency team found that basic personal information collected from more than 100 million Americans during the 2010 head count could be reconstructed from encrypted data _ but with lots of mistakes.
Alaska is about 3,000 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, but the state's new Republican governor is offering President Donald Trump the use of the Alaska National Guard to patrol it, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
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.
