Anti-hunger advocates in Kentucky are hoping to hear ambitious policies, ideas and plans to tackle food insecurity in a conference this week on hunger hosted by the Biden administration.

Fifty Kentuckians have contracted monkeypox as of September 22, according to the state Department of Public Health. Opportunities for monkeypox vaccination are becoming more common, although statewide supply remains low.

The Satanic Temple has filed a federal lawsuit arguing Indiana’s recent abortion ban violates constitutional and religious freedoms.

Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat, joined Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for an event in Louisville on Monday, calling for more bipartisanship in politics and advocating for strengthening the 60-vote threshold for most votes in the chamber.

A long-time state lawmaker from southern Kentucky has resigned due to health reasons.Republican C.B. Embry of Morgantown is capping a two-decade legislative career.

The Kentucky Parole Board voted unanimously Monday morning that Michael Carneal, who committed the 1997 Heath High School shooting, would be denied parole and serve out the remainder of his life sentence.

Kentuckians who want to cast a ballot in the upcoming General Election need to register by Oct. 11, four weeks before the last day of voting on Nov. 8.

Kentuckians preparing to cast a ballot in the general election will have multiple options for exercising the right to vote.

Musicians and dancers will take over three stages set up in Circus Square Park on Saturday, Sept. 24, while vendors and other exhibits will be spread throughout the area.

Poll workers have historically skewed older. According to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s 2018 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS), states reported that roughly 58% of poll workers deployed during the 2018 midterms were aged 61 and older.

Many districts in eastern Kentucky had to delay the start of school. But students in hard-hit Knott and Letcher Counties waited the longest

An Indiana judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state’s near-total abortion ban, one week after it went into effect.