The sponsor of a bill to make the University of Pikeville a public school has requested spending records for the president and Board of Regents of Morehead State University, which…
FRANKFORT — A constitutional amendment that would allow casino gambling in Kentucky won approval Wednesday from the Senate State and Local Government Committee.
Charles Britton Wells, 52, a longtime state labor leader and Democratic Party activist, has been identified as the victim of a Georgetown house fire on Tuesday evening.
FRANKFORT ?Saying 12 southeastern Kentucky counties are underserved by the state's higher education system, former Gov. Paul Patton and two lawmakers made their first pitch Tuesday to legislators about turning…
FRANKFORT ? Opponents of expanded gambling prayed on Tuesday for the "timely death" of Gov. Steve Beshear's casino gambling amendment, which will get its first legislative hearing on Wednesday.
Bear, a 2-year-old black Labrador retriever, was the troublemaker of the shelter. Bear was an unwanted, mischievous dog when Dustain Vance, head trainer for Advance Canine Academy in Scottsville, adopted…
FRANKFORT ? Local school districts would have the option of keeping students in school until age 18 through 2016 and then the higher dropout age would become mandatory statewide under…
A group representing the pharmaceutical industry spent more than $194,000 on lobbying legislators to oppose a bill that would require a prescription to buy cold and allergy medicines that contain…
The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to roll out restructured fees for shoreline marinas across the seven-state region that some smaller operators say could be the death knell of their…
Methamphetamine lab seizures rose nationally again in 2011, further evidence the powerfully addictive and dangerous drug is maintaining a tight grip on the nation's heartland, according to an Associated Press…
Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says there's a growing chance that his party's presidential nominee could ultimately be chosen at a brokered convention this summer.
Federal officials say another 10 states are getting a total of $230 million to set up new health insurance markets under President Barack Obama's overhaul.
The landmark 1998 national settlement between 46 states and 19 tobacco companies is valid and doesn't amount to a conspiracy or anti-competitive behavior by the government, a federal appeals court…
