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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve a bill aimed at easing long lines and travel burdens for driver’s license renewals, advancing a measure lawmakers framed as a stopgap response to widespread frustration with the state’s regional licensing system. The Senate passed Senate Bill 7 on a 34–1 vote, sending…

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council confirmed a new law commissioner Thursday night and fast-tracked millions of dollars in federal trail funding, while also approving a wide slate of routine zoning, personnel and contract items during a lengthy January meeting. Council voted unanimously to confirm David Barbary as Commissioner of Law after suspending the rules…

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council on Wednesday unanimously confirmed David Barbary as the city’s next commissioner of law following a brief public confirmation hearing and closed-session deliberations. Barbary, a longtime attorney in the Department of Law who has served as acting commissioner, told council members he has worked for Lexington’s government since 2000 and…

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission signed off on several commercial and residential development plans Wednesday, advancing projects from Southland Drive to East High Street while putting the brakes on a far larger proposal near Georgetown Road amid environmental and design concerns. The most consequential action came late in the meeting, when commissioners voted…

LEXINGTON — Lexington’s Police and Fire Retirement Fund Board on Wednesday approved a higher employer contribution rate for the coming fiscal year, even as the pension system posted strong investment returns and modest gains in overall funding health. The board voted unanimously to set the city’s required contribution at 51.24% of payroll for fiscal…

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell said Thursday that he secured more than $540 million in federal funding for Kentucky priorities in a package of fiscal year 2026 appropriations measures that cleared the Senate and now heads to President Donald Trump. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican and senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the…

A Lexington man known on the street as “Plug” or “Jug” has agreed to serve seven years in federal prison after admitting he was part of a fentanyl distribution conspiracy that fueled repeated drug sales across the city last spring. Brian Conner pleaded guilty under a binding plea agreement to one count of conspiracy…

A Lexington man is accused of selling large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl — along with loaded firearms — out of his apartment during a series of controlled buys late last year and earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Jeremy Vernell Cowan, 34, is charged…

A Lexington man has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges after investigators say he sold large quantities of methamphetamine and multiple guns to confidential informants during a months-long undercover operation in Fayette County. Osama Omar Qasem entered into a plea agreement filed this week in U.S. District Court in Lexington,…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers used Tuesday’s House and Senate floor sessions largely to introduce new legislation and handle ceremonial business, formally teeing up dozens of bills that will shape debate as the 2026 regular session accelerates. Neither chamber took up votes on substantive policy measures, but members filed a wide slate of proposals…