Former Fayette County Public Schools superintendent Demetrus Liggins knowingly distributed a fabricated legal threat in an attempt to quell criticism of his leadership.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stood firm behind the power of his executive order he issued seeking to limit the impacts of data centers eyeing Kentucky. Experts aren't so sure.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s comments come after news that a Lexington-based company is poised to get a $20 million no-bid contract to provide gloves designed to shock individuals to ICE agents.

Hellbender Newsroom dug into Kentucky law to fact-check if August 3 is actually the deadline to call a special election to fill Mitch McConnell’s seat ahead of the midterms.

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Beshear’s July 27 demands come more than six weeks after McConnell was hospitalized for then-unknown reasons, sparking rampant online speculation.

Thursday’s ruling is the latest blow in Trump’s quest to gain access to sensitive voter data across the country.

Rocky Adkins—a former House Majority Floor Leader in Kentucky—formally announced his gubernatorial campaign Tuesday morning.

The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a nearly identical bill aimed at JCPS at the end of 2025. Lawmakers almost immediately refiled it.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat in a red state, defended the state’s elections as President Donald Trump gears up for another round of 2020 election fraud allegations.

Kentucky’s state legislature passed roughly 200 new laws during its 2026 legislative session. Many of them go into effect on July 15.

In his first direct statement since being hospitalized in June, Sen. Mitch McConnell explained why he’s been MIA for nearly a month—and what happens next.

Since Mitch McConnell was hospitalized in mid-June, few updates have been shared about his condition and few, if any, people have said they’ve spoken directly with him—until now.

In a Thursday press conference, Beshear refrained from speculating on the senior Republican’s health and asked for more transparency on the situation.

Beshear said lawmakers will still need to provide longer-term funding to the clinic that cares for adults with developmental needs in the 2027 legislative session.

Kentucky handles things a bit differently than other states.

Matt Bevin owns property in western Maine, which he said was hit with a 'very large boulder' that prevented him from attending a court hearing.

Gov. Andy Beshear is taking the unusual step of shifting certain funds to counter cuts in the General Assembly's budget. The Democrat is using comments by Republican leaders as the rationale for the m...

Only 33 cities and counties will still see lower fuel prices after local leaders requested extensions to the gas tax cut.

Kentucky lawmakers failed to pass data center regulations, despite bipartisan support for some form of ratepayer protections.

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