Divya Karthikeyan

For people in rural communities and small cities like Pikeville, social stigma or prejudice in addition to distress surrounding their gender identity can contribute to heightened mental health risks.

Senate Bill 47 legalizes using and possessing cannabis to treat conditions like PTSD and seizure disorders as long as it can’t be smoked.

Republican Rep. Savannah Maddox’s proposal would have prevented public colleges from passing any policies that bar people 21 and older from carrying a concealed firearm on campuses.

A bill that would legalize medical cannabis passed out of committee by a wide margin Tuesday. Lawmakers who have been long skeptical of permitting the substance signaled support for it.

Though medical cannabis proposals have passed out of the House before, leaders of the Senate have historically been more skeptical of the issue.

Senate Bill 5 filed by Republican Sen. Jason Howell of Murray would require districts to create a process for parents to request banning certain books, materials, programs and school events. Parents can file requests that would start with the principal and then go to the local board of education, if needed.

Louisville Republican Rep. Jason Nemes filed House Bill 569 which would add rape and incest exceptions to Kentucky’s abortion bans as long as the “probable gestational age” of the fetus is less than 15 weeks

Local authorities would be barred from assisting in federal firearms bans in a bill that passed the Kentucky House today.

Kentuckians could be charged with murder if they get an illegal abortion under a bill filed in the state legislature this week.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration is calling on lawmakers to set aside $45.2 million to boost staffing and update security in Kentucky’s youth detention facilities after a series of violent incidents in recent years.