Sylvia Goodman, Joe Sonka

A day after Rep. Thomas Massie, a northern Kentucky Republican, took the first step in forcing a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, survivors rallied at the U.S. Capitol in support.

Congress is considering major cuts to SNAP food assistance benefits. They could have an outsized impact in Appalachian Kentucky, where more than one in five rely on the benefits.

Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” is estimated to kick millions of people off Medicaid, causing concern for health care providers in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, a region especially dependent on the federal program.

The Louisville graduates were temporarily authorized to work under a federal program for international students, but had their legal status terminated in a federal database.

The Kentucky General Assembly’s Republican supermajority sped more than 100 bills to passage ahead of the governor’s veto period. Some of the most contentious measures were heavily amended before the public could give their input, or even read them.

Medicaid, concealed carry and telework ban: Friday was the final day for the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislation that is veto proof, with some notable bills making the cut, and some left behind.

In an opinion, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says displaying the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms and on state Capitol grounds would pass constitutional muster — despite previous court decisions.