A Kentucky bill would cut back enforcement of state worker protections to federal minimums. It’s part of a history of bills designed to put fewer restrictions on employers.

A bill that would create a grant program designed to advance and attract nuclear energy developments in the Bluegrass State passed out of the Kentucky Senate’s Natural Resources & Energy committee Wednesday.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing on Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump.

Professors at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities would have to face performance and productivity reviews that could serve as criteria for termination at least every four years under proposed GOP legislation.

State Republican lawmakers told Louisville Metro Council members they could either take action to weaken the city’s lead-safe rental registry ordinance, or see it destroyed through state action.

Wayne Palmer worked at the Mine Safety and Health Administration during Trump’s first term. Now he could return after working at an industry group that’s challenging the agency’s silica dust rules.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary five years after the start of a global pandemic.

House Bill 4 would eliminate any diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and offices at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities, mirroring failed legislation from last year.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has joined 23 Democratic attorneys general who are suing the Trump administration over its federal funding freeze.

A longtime Louisville-based UPS safety chief could become the new face of workplace safety across the country if confirmed by federal lawmakers.