Kentuckians living with addiction can call Kentucky’s help line at 833-859-4357. Narcan, which can help reverse overdoses, is available at pharmacies for sale and through some health departments and outreach programs for free. Local governments in receipt of opioid settlement dollars are sitting on most of the money, according to a Tuesday analysis from The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. The […]
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Groups urge Kentucky’s utility regulator to investigate affordability
A coalition of consumer advocacy, environmental and renewable energy groups is calling on Kentucky’s utility regulator to study various aspects of utility affordability for ratepayers, including the potential costs of data centers and fossil fuels. In a letter dated Sunday, the groups are asking the Kentucky Public Service Commission to investigate “the drivers of rising energy […]
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Kentucky crime report shows homicide decreases, more animal cruelty
There were more than 300 hate crimes in Kentucky in 2025, and most of them happened at home or on roadways. That’s according to the 2025 Crime in Kentucky report, which was released Thursday and shows a majority of those hate crimes were motivated by race. Most of the race-based hate crimes in Kentucky last year […]
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Republican Coleman to seek another term as Kentucky attorney general
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman hopes to do something no other Republican has done as attorney general — get a second term in office. Coleman, 50, formally announced his reelection bid for the 2027 election in Oldham County Thursday afternoon surrounded by his family, friends and a crowd of supporters, including fellow Republicans Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan […]
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Latest Beshear PAC report shows continuing signs of a presidential run
The latest finance report filed by Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC shows all of the signs of a campaign committee of a presidential candidate. It also discloses a big contribution from a first-time Beshear donor. The political action committee is called In This Together PAC Inc., and the report it filed with the Federal Election […]
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Trump administration sues Kentucky to block challenges to prediction market regulations
A Trump administration organization that oversees regulation of derivatives markets has sued Kentucky to block efforts by the state’s attorney general to prevent two prediction market companies from operating what he says are unlicensed and illegal sports gambling operations. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed the lawsuit against Kentucky in federal court Tuesday. Republican Attorney […]
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Dueling lawsuits: KY AG sues prediction market companies a week after they sue over taxes
Republican Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing two prominent prediction market companies over allegations that they operate unlicensed and illegal sports gambling operations. The lawsuits announced filed Wednesday come less than a week after a group representing those prediction market companies Polymarket and Kalshi — where people can wager on the outcomes of events, including sports […]
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McConnell is ‘fully engaged’ on Senate, KY matters amid hospitalization, spokesperson says
A spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said the Kentucky Republican is keeping up with government business during his recent hospitalization. “Senator McConnell is fully engaged with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters and is very appreciative of the outstanding care he is receiving,” said Stephanie Penn in a Monday evening statement. McConnell, 84, […]
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Democratic state lawmaker prepares data center regulation bill for next year
A Democratic state lawmaker is working on a bill to file next year in Frankfort that would try to regulate the impacts of hyperscale data centers and the transparency concerns swirling around those pending developments in the state. Rep. Adam Moore, D-Lexington, proposed a bill during this year’s legislative session that sought to ensure electricity ratepayers aren’t […]
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Email from Bevin’s account accuses estranged son of trying to ‘shake parents down for money’
An email Friday from former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s personal account to various media outlets, blasts lawyers for his estranged son, Jonah Bevin, for making “FALSE STATEMENTS” to the media and accuses Jonah of trying “TO SHAKE HIS PARENTS DOWN FOR MONEY.” The two-page email, mostly in capital letters, repeats attacks on Jefferson Family Court […]