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Early voting kicked off on Thursday, May 16. Early, no-excuse voting takes place until Saturday, with the traditional primary Election Day on Tuesday, May 21.
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All of Donald Trump's top opponents for the Republican nomination for president dropped out of the race weeks ago, but the whole gang will be back together on Kentucky's primary ballot on Tuesday.
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Two factions of the Republican Party in Kentucky are vying for power within the supermajority caucus in Frankfort, with political action committees on opposing sides spending more than $1.5 million on 10 key races.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has announced it is opening an investigation into multiple Kentucky juvenile justice centers to determine if they violate the constitutional rights of youth detainees
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The Association of American Medical Schools found that fewer U.S. medical school graduates are applying to Kentucky residency programs.
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Three women filed a lawsuit saying Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban violated their religious freedom and hurt their ability to grow their family.
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Beshear — who campaigned against his state's near-total abortion ban in winning reelection last year — will speak next month at an event called “Championing Reproductive Freedom.”
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Kentuckians can utilize early voting options later this week ahead of the May 21 primary race.
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Kentucky Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman has joined another coalition of red states challenging a new Biden administration anti-pollution rule for power plants.
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The bungled rollout of a new federal student aid form has left students in Kentucky and across the nation in limbo, some wondering if their college dreams will become reality.
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A majority of Kentucky justices did not file financial disclosures last year and did not file their reports on time in 2024, adding to existing criticisms that the state’s judicial transparency rules are among the worst in the country.
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Kentucky’s primary is Tuesday, May 21st with the polls open from 6 p.m. to 6 p.m. local time. There are three days of early voting from Thursday, May 16 to Saturday, May 18.
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Kentucky’s next commissioner of education Robbie Fletcher said he wants to reform school accountability measures, like testing, and change the conversation about teaching.
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Republicans credited both their own efforts and those of Democratic Mayor Craig Greenberg in securing what they say is a $1.186 billion in Louisville-specific funding.
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The outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case based in Grants Pass, Oregon, could have consequences for street camping bans that effectively ban public homelessness across the country — including a similar statewide ban passed in Kentucky this year.
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The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is Saturday. Over the years, it's become the biggest institution of horse racing in America. But how did it begin?
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Federal Emergency Management Agency officials didn’t tell Kentucky flood survivors about an 18-month deadline to appeal for financial assistance. A disaster relief organization says that’s not the only time that’s happened.
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