FANCY FARM, Ky. — Most spectators had their eyes on candidates in Kentucky’s upcoming GOP U.S. Senate primary during events surrounding the Fancy Farm Picnic this weekend. However, a Republican and Democrat encouraged speculation about themselves as candidates in the state’s 2027 governor’s race.  While addressing party faithful — Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman at a Democratic […]

When children are unnecessarily removed from their homes, experts say the separation puts them at risk of chronic mental and physical ailments.  With that in mind, four Kentucky libraries are launching programs to keep families together, well resourced and educated, aided with $200,000 in grant money from the national nonprofit Youth Villages.  Libraries in Jackson, […]

While more than a dozen states have shrunk their pension debt obligations in recent years, a majority continue to see growth in the gap between the amount of money retirees have been promised and the amount of cash states have set aside. In a new analysis released this week, The Pew Charitable Trusts concluded that […]

FANCY FARM, Ky. — The top three Republican candidates hoping to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate — former Attorney General Daniel Cameron, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Lexington businessman Nate Morris — have been taking snipes at each other on the campaign trail this summer as they barrel toward the May 2026 primary, but […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC In This Together reported raising $618,200 during the first half of this year to the Federal Election Commission late Thursday. The super PAC was founded soon after the governor’s reelection in 2023 and funds his ongoing political activity and aspirations as he explores a possible run for […]

Kentucky’s largest utility is proposing to delay the retirement of a coal-fired power plant unit and move forward with building billions of dollars of gas-fired power generation as part of a proposed settlement agreement before the state utility regulator. The proposed settlement offered by Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities (LG&E and KU) this […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied some assistance for Kentucky counties affected by severe storms and tornadoes earlier this year, but the Beshear administration plans to appeal the decisions.  The federal agency denied individual assistance for Christian and Todd counties and public assistance for Leslie County. FEMA also denied requests for the Hazard Mitigation […]

Lawyers for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday questioned Auditor Allison Ball’s right to sue over an unfunded law that would have helped kinship care families.  During a Wednesday morning court hearing, held over Zoom, Beshear attorney Taylor Payne said the auditor has “zero standing” to push […]

Embattled Democratic state Rep. Daniel Grossberg wants to take his case against the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission to federal court.  Attorneys for Grossberg of Louisville filed a motion to dismiss his case in Franklin County Circuit Court earlier this month. The commission found “probable cause” that Grossberg, who has been accused of inappropriate behavior toward […]

This weekend, Kentucky politicians hoping to make an impression with voters will travel to far West Kentucky for the annual Fancy Farm Picnic.  However, Kentucky’s top Democrats will skip the event this year, meaning Republicans will largely dominate the stage at the political speaking event. But with a few Republicans also skipping this year’s event, […]

LOUISVILLE — Louisville organizations plan to use $4.5 million in grant funding over the next four years to help families experiencing homelessness by reducing the waitlist for shelter space and providing transitional housing and rental assistance. Natalie Harris, the executive director of Coalition for the Homeless, which represents 40 agencies in the Louisville area serving […]

Louisville has confirmed a second case of the highly contagious measles, bringing the total cases in Kentucky to 14.  Dr. Kris Bryant, the associate medical director at the Louisville health department and a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Norton Children’s Hospital, said the latest patient is “a known contact” with the city’s first case of […]

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It looked for a while like the coal mining era was over in the Clearfork Valley of East Tennessee, a pocket of mountainous land on the Kentucky border. A permit for a new mine hasn’t been issued since 2020, and the […]

Last week’s energy auction by multistate power grid operator PJM will cause monthly electric bills to go up $2 to $5 next summer — but that’s on top of other costs, for transmission, fuel and more, that one advocate calls “death by a thousand cuts.” It’s also the latest evidence, say ratepayer advocates and policymakers, […]

More than 63 million Americans are caregivers for a family member with complex medical needs, a 20 million increase over the past decade, according to a new report. But state policies, workplaces and the American health system haven’t kept up with this surge in family caregiving responsibilities, said Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, a physician and the CEO […]

The groundbreaking Wednesday for a new neighborhood in the Floyd County seat of Prestonsburg wasn’t just a ceremony for Tom Manning-Beavin. The crews working for his nonprofit had already started digging trenches to pour concrete foundations of future homes.  “My crew leaders were talking to the city building inspector as we were leaving, coordinating the […]

Two key Republican lawmakers in the Kentucky legislature are voicing support for a federal program helping tens of thousands of Kentucky households with heating and cooling costs as the Trump administration proposes to eliminate the funding. Sen. Brandon Smith, R-Hazard, and Rep. Jim Gooch, R-Providence, co-chairs of the Interim Joint Natural Resources and Energy Committee, […]

Gov. Andy Beshear said one reason he went to South Carolina last week was to see his 16-year-old son Will play baseball. But he spent the first two days there entering the big leagues of politics, in the state where Democrats are scheduled to cast their first votes for president in 2028. His trip gave the […]

More than a few Kentuckians can probably relate to the experience Ted Wathen had many years ago driving home to Louisville from Frankfort. The sun broke through the clouds — “what photographers call a God-ray,” Wathen says.  “I’m looking at the landscape and I thought this state is really beautiful.” It was 1975. Wathen, fresh […]

Nearly 600,000 Kentuckians got help buying food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in June 2025, according to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.  But the program, better known as SNAP, faces an uncertain future after Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping and controversial tax and spending package.  The Trump […]