Sylvia Goodman

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with Gov. Andy Beshear and Kentucky officials Wednesday after surveying extensive flood damage in eastern Kentucky. She said President Donald Trump does not intend to slash disaster relief efforts.

Even as the state legislature looks for ways to increase affordable housing in Kentucky, a GOP state lawmaker is pushing a bill to add another hurdle to build multi-family housing and continue a moratorium on zoning code changes in Louisville.

A last-minute addition to a previously uncontroversial bill would largely eliminate the ability for many state employees to work remotely.

People would be able to sue governments and potentially individuals over state and local actions that they believe violate their religious beliefs under a proposed Kentucky bill.

A Kentucky bill would cut back enforcement of state worker protections to federal minimums. It’s part of a history of bills designed to put fewer restrictions on employers.

Professors at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities would have to face performance and productivity reviews that could serve as criteria for termination at least every four years under proposed GOP legislation.

House Bill 4 would eliminate any diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and offices at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities, mirroring failed legislation from last year.

A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping to limit the definition of “waters of the Commonwealth” protected under anti-pollution laws.

An elementary school principal and Republican lawmaker is pitching a bill to mandate kindergarteners repeat the year if they don’t meet state standards.

Louisville Republican Rep. Chris Lewis is pushing a bill to require a cigar bar exception to indoor smoking bans. It progressed through a committee vote Tuesday.

U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul nearly universally stuck with their parties in voting in favor of confirming President Donald Trump’s picks for top offices in his administration.

Republicans and Democrats stood together to remember and celebrate Black history in Kentucky even as the GOP renews discussion of limiting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public colleges.

A decentralized group of more than 200 protestors stood on the steps of the state Capitol, protesting broadly about the sweeping changes President Donald Trump has made in his first weeks in office.

Several Kentucky bills filed this legislative session have one thing in common: a shared skepticism of guidance from top U.S. health organizations and leading medical groups.

Kentucky’s governor said his administration has not received any requests for assistance from immigration authorities under the new Trump administration, but would “evaluate anything and everything.”