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KY lawmakers have given final passage to a bill stripping the Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurs.

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Kentucky lawmakers have given final passage to a bill stripping the Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurs. Kentucky

FRANKFORT — An Eastern Kentucky coal mining site set to become a giant hydropower battery is getting a significant boost from the federal government.

Kentucky House and Senate members will likely have some long days this week in Frankfort. Many bills will be voted on over the next four days before the break when Gov. Andy Beshear could deliver vetoes. Still to be worked out is a two-year year state budget.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Senate legislation that would establish an endowed fund for collaborative cutting-edge research efforts between Kentucky’s public universities cleared the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee Monday afternoon.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined the U.S. Department of Energy to announce that the Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Project was approved for an up-to-$81 million federal grant to help construct a f...

FRANKFORT — Hours after a House committee declared Kentucky a "sanctuary state" from federal fossil fuel environmental regulations Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a $1.3 billion project converting coal mine

Republicans in the GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate advanced a bill create new hurdles before utilities can retire fossil fuel-fired power plants.

Sen. Robert Stivers, R-District 25, accused the states largest school district of stockpiling away $340 million in extra cash while complaining its not getting enough from the state.