Joe Sonka

The Kentucky Hospital Association supported the House version of what’s dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” but a top executive says Senate changes would devastate health care and create larger economic fallout.

The PAC ads attack northern Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie for voting against Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and opposing his military strike against Iran.

Paul says Trump’s criticism will not deter the Kentucky senator from disagreeing with his party’s president on policies such as debt spending and tariffs.

A company planned to build one of the most powerful data centers in the world on Oldham County farmland, but has switched to much smaller property after local resistance.

Republicans’ supermajority in the Kentucky Senate grows a bit larger, as longtime Democratic Sen. Robin Webb announced she’s switching parties.

Oldham County residents are resisting a company’s proposal to build a 2 million square-foot data center complex using 600 megawatts of power on a stretch of rural farm land.

Companies tied to Chicago-based Cresco Labs submitted 128 expensive applications for Kentucky medical cannabis licenses. They landed two, delivering the most coveted cultivator operation back to Cresco.

The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a law in December that limits the power of the Jefferson County school board, but will soon rehear the case.

Kentucky’s state auditor is investigating the process for how medical marijuana licenses were awarded last year, which was criticized by local hemp farmers.

The advocacy group for Kentucky businesses spent more than $150,000 to lobby the state legislature in the three-month session, paying 14 lobbyists.

Cuts to federal agencies and grants for museums and libraries will have a large impact on the Kentucky Humanities Council and the ability of Appalshop to preserve its flood-damaged historic archives of the region.

Kentucky has a system to cut the income tax rate annually, so long as budget triggers are met. A new bill passed out of the legislature makes hitting those triggers easier.

The Kentucky Senate passed legislation that would redirect $8.5 million of funding away from the Center for Rural Development, months after it nearly used the funds on a controversial land deal.

A Kentucky bill that would subject hemp-derived beverages to new regulations and ban certain products advances further, over the objections of the hemp industry.

With little notice, Kentucky’s GOP is pushing sweeping changes to the state’s budget trigger system for annual tax cuts, as well as business tax incentives.