In rural east KY, communities find ways to boost kids early learning
Public News Service Kentucky’s Appalachian counties are expanding efforts to help ensure kids are off to the right start educationally. Research shows attending a high-quality preschool before kindergarten can...

Senate Judiciary Committee advances juvenile justice bill
News Releases are provided by the LRC Public Information Office. All photos are attributed to LRC Staff. Senate Judiciary Committee advances juvenile justice bill February 13, 2025 Sen. Danny...
Eastern Kentucky University gets donation to bolster College of Nursing
Originally published by WEKU. Eastern Kentucky University’s School of Nursing is getting money from health insurance company Humana, meant to help bolster the Commonwealth’s workforce. That donation is being...
Proposed steel and aluminum tariffs could affect multiple Kentucky industries
Republished from WEKU. Proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum on foreign countries could have an effect on multiple parts of Kentucky’s economy. President Donald Trump signed an executive order...

Reproductive rights rally hears abortion ban violates some Kentuckians’ religious freedom
FRANKFORT — Just as the Senate and House gaveled in, supporters of reproductive rights rallied in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to call Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban cruel and ask...

Republican aims to direct Kentucky judges to defer to laws, not agencies
FRANKFORT — While it’s a short piece of legislation, Senate Bill 84 could have widespread impacts on how Kentucky courts review authority disputes between executive branch agencies and the legislature. ...

Measures on sexual assault care advance
News Releases are provided by the LRC Public Information Office. All photos are attributed to LRC Staff. Measures on sexual assault care advance February 13, 2025 Rep. Rebecca Raymer,...
Lexington state House representative introduces two abortion-related bills
Originally published by WEKU. The state House Democratic whip has introduced two bills she says would return abortion care to where it was before the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Dobbs”...

Kentucky bill weakening miner safety protection gains committee approval
For the second year in a row, Kentucky lawmakers are trying to weaken a protection for coal miners that was put in place in response to the workplace death...
Polio survivor Mitch McConnell sole GOP Senator to oppose RFK Jr.
Republished from WEKU. Kentucky Senator and polio survivor Mitch McConnell was the only Republican member to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary Thursday. The U.S. Senate...