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Bridging KY
Kentucky transportation officials plan to repair or replace 1,000 bridges in six years despite forecasting stagnant growth in the road fund.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is speaking this month at the Republican Party of Kentucky's Lincoln Dinner.
REAL ID
REAL IDs are coming to Kentucky next year, but local officials are advising residents to get their documents in order before the new system takes effect at the beginning of 2019.
Post Write Ins
Attorney General Andy Beshear issued a legal opinion that it was OK for election officials to post a list of certified write-in candidates at polling places.
Robert King
Robert L. King, the head of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, is being nominated by President Donald Trump to a post in the U.S. Department of Education.
Cut Jail Population
Staying out of jail may be as easy as having a steady job for some former Kentucky inmates.
Andy Beshear supports SOFA, Opioid Fentanyl bill
52 attorneys general want lawmakers to pass The Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act, or SOFA.
Unemployment Rates in Kentucky counties
Unemployment rates fell in all but 10 of Kentucky’s 120 counties between July 2017 and July 2018.