Divya Karthikeyan

Some Kentuckians could lose essential federal assistance in the case of a government shutdown.The Biden administration says the WIC program — formally known as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — needs additional, emergency funding to keep serving families.

Activists in Corbin were met with slurs and violent threats by Ku Klux Klan members at an LGBTQ+ pride event. Novelist Silas House discussed the incident and how it’s a backlash to progress LGBTQ+ activists have made in rural Kentucky.

GOP lawmakers overruled Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's veto and passed a sweeping law limiting the rights of transgender youth across the state, both at school and in their personal lives.

State Sen. Karen Berg lost her trans son to suicide before the Kentucky legislative session began and pleaded with Republicans not to pass restrictive LGBTQ laws. This week, Republicans did just that.

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.