I was hired to fill a gap in local news coverage. Seven years later, that gap is widening again.

I was hired to fill a gap in local news coverage. Seven years later, that gap is widening again.

McClatchy laid off 13 journalists at the Lexington Herald-Leader, a majority of its reporters, as a part of its deep, nationwide layoffs.

It’s the latest in a string of woes for Kentucky-based ARC, which has been under investigation for Medicaid fraud since 2024.

The woman said Daniel Grossberg assaulted her in 2005 when she was a freshman and he was a senior at Grinnell College in Iowa.

The woman said Daniel Grossberg assaulted her in 2005 when she was a freshman and he was a senior at Grinnell College in Iowa.

Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and st...

Prosecutors say Addiction Recovery Care bilked taxpayers out of millions of dollars using questionable billing practices, even allegedly falsifying medical records.

The lawsuit was filed by Angelica Capital Trust, a company in the Bahamas that claims ARC is unlawfully holding onto $8M in tax credits.

Reporter Alex Acquisto will spend the next year on a statewide investigative project that will have wide ramifications for Kentuckians.

As Beshear potentially sets his sights on the White House, some Kentuckians have been left "shocked," disappointed," and "afraid."

Wolfson played key roles in The Courier Journal winning two Pulitzer Prizes.

Bryan Hubbard in 2023 wanted Kentucky to be the first state to study the psychedelic ibogaine to treat opioid addiction, but he was rejected. Texas just agreed, earmarking $50M for the study.

Andrew Walker, who teaches at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, wrote the proposal Southern Baptists approved calling on the Supreme Court to overturn the right to gay marriage.

A Louisville judge granted Jonah Bevin’s request Friday to intervene in his parents’ divorce case, opening the door for him to receive financial support he says his adoptive parents denied him.

Auditor Allison Ball on Thursday sued Gov. Andy Beshear for stalling the implementation of a 2024 kinship caregiver law. “This issue goes beyond funding and bureaucratic delays,” Ball said.

Analysis: The Herald-Leader’s Frankfort reporters recount the highs, lows, tension and outright anger that unfolded in this year’s Republican-controlled legislative session.

“We love and we accept everyone. This bill isn’t about love. House Bill 4 is about hate,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in a video highlighting his action.

KY House passed two bills just before midnight Friday to ban transgender adults in prison, on Medicaid from accessing gender-affirming care, and also to protect conversion therapy.

Republicans advanced bills to relax & clarify medical exceptions in Kentucky’s near-total ban Wednesday, in the first hearings on such bills since Kentucky banned abortion in 2022.

A bill amended Wednesday would block the use of Medicaid dollars to pay for gender-affirming health care for trans adults, as well as widely reinstate the practice of conversion therapy across Kentuck...

Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.

A 17-year-old in the KY foster system being kept in a KY social services office caused more than $27,500 in damage. KY Auditor: it signals “systemic failures within the foster care system.”

“Historically, America has strived for equal opportunity, not subjective equity, which DEI now pursues through discriminatory admissions, hiring and scholarships,” Rep. Jennifer Decker said Tuesday.

The department would be under the purview of the state Auditor of Public Accounts.

Senate Bill 71 follows on changes the legislature made in 2022 to how library governing boards are appointed.

Republicans at a Right to Life rally in Frankfort emphasized a need to maintain the state’s strict abortion ban without exceptions. Meanwhile, GOP bills to add exceptions haven’t moved.

Jonah Bevin, adoptive son of former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, is speaking out to expose the abuse he and other boys suffered in a facility in Jamaica.

A perennial bill from a Republican lawmaker to make drinking water fluoridation optional has momentum in the Kentucky General Assembly. Dental providers warn against it.

The Herald-Leader analyzed 5 years of KY Department of Corrections death logs, lawsuits, autopsy reports and death certificates. Here’s what we found.

Actions taken by Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are inspiring legislation in Kentucky with the “KY DOGE” project and a Make America Healthy Again project.

A pair of bills filed by Republican Sen. Lindsey Tichenor aim to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion practices in state and local government and in public schools in Kentucky.

An opponent called the Senate GOP proposal a “politically motivated attack against one of our smallest and most vulnerable communities.”

A bipartisan bill would add optional anti-choking devices in Kentucky’s schools. But experts urge caution as they’re not proven effective.

A bipartisan bill would add optional anti-choking devices in Kentucky’s schools. But experts urge caution as they’re not proven effective.

Senate Bill 89 would narrow the state’s definition of protected waters to mirror 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

House Bill 4, filed Wednesday, would prohibit Kentucky’s public colleges and universities from spending any money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and require them to close DEI offices b...

KY Cabinet Sec. Eric Friedlander said most of the foster youth temporarily housed in office buildings have no other place to go.

House Bill 120 would require gun owners to safely store their firearms in homes and vehicles if children are present.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently expressed concern about NPR and PBS’s sponsorships.

Kim Davis’ attorney said she had qualified immunity as a former county clerk and should not have to pay compensatory damages to a gay couple to whom she denied a marriage license.

ARC CEO Tim Robinson announced the departures of three top-level executives in the last month, as the organization continues to be under FBI investigation for health care fraud.