Kentucky Government News

Since taking over a portion of Kentucky's Medicaid system, Managed Care Operator Kentucky Spirit has lost nearly 70,000 members.

Regardless of our schools' past achievements, we will not be satisfied until each student in Kentucky has the best opportunity in the country for a great public education.

The Commonwealth Office of Broadband Outreach and Development and the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts are asking businesses and citizens to participate in a survey that will collect information on broadband use as part of the Broadband KY initiative to help increase internet utilization in the daily lives of Kentuckians.

In a high tech world of iPads and smart phones, an old-fashioned Amish man showed that pen and paper remain effective communication devices.

Motorists will encounter lane closures on the U.S. 41 Twin Bridges on Monday, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

Corporate agribusiness and the pharmaceutical industry are together working towards achieving a total monopoly on human health that includes restricting Americans' free access to the foods of their choice.

Meanwhile, across the state line in Kentucky, road crews spent much of Saturday morning salting and plowing roads, according to transportation officials.

The roads are pretty passable as of about 11 p.m. Friday, but there was no guarantee they would stay that way.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has appointed a 23-member blue ribbon commission' to study the state's tax system and propose a reform plan.

KY11SNOW KY FEBRUARY 10, 2012 Falling snow didn't keep Chris Carville, of Anderson Township, from getting in about 15 miles of "hill repeats" in Devou Park, where he pedaled up Western Avenue and North Park Road for training.

After weeks of Sturm und Drang, the split state Legislature passed a solid incumbent-protection map this afternoon.

The number of people killed on Kentucky roadways is running higher than last year as the state police seek ways to stop the climb.

A Louisville-based social-services group says companies working on the closed Sherman Minton Bridge aren't hiring enough people from neighborhoods near the span that have high unemployment.

The Pike County Fiscal Court will soon receive over $30,000 to aid in covering the expense of salt for the winter of 2010-2011. A letter sent to Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford on Jan.

A coalition of business, labor and education groups pressed state lawmakers Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment that, if ratified by voters, would legalize casinos in Kentucky.

The Commonwealth Office of Broadband Outreach and Development wants to know how Kentuckians use the Internet.

Kentucky will receive $58.8 million, or 0.2 percent, of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement with five of the country's largest banks.

A 322-foot span of the U.S. 68/Kentucky 80 bridge over Kentucky Lake in far western Kentucky collapsed after being struck by a barge.

Since 1984 when the General Assembly passed KRS 65.870, the Pre-emption Statute, the Kentucky State Constitution and state law prohibit city and county governments from passing gun control laws.

The Kentucky Black Legislative Caucus' annual Black History Month Celebration in the Capitol Rotunda was capped Wednesday with a surprise honor for one of its members.