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The Mercer County Fiscal Court passed a one-year moratorium on data center project applications, while Burgin residents blasted an annexation proposal that would still allow one.

A federal ban on intoxicating hemp products will go into effect in November, but an additional month’s reprieve is working its way through Congress. Kentucky’s hemp industry hopes it means new energy to protect the growing sector.

The top donor to the super PAC of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has almost no online footprint, but is spending big to help his presidential ambitions and other Democratic governors.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell said he was discharged from his rehabilitation center in a Thursday statement, more than 50 days after hospitalization.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order Thursday to require data center companies demonstrate a commitment to local communities and eliminate harmful impacts.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday the department will begin decertifying the Kentucky nonprofit Network for Hope after identifying repeated failures.

In between servings of the annual Fancy Farm political picnic’s signature mutton barbecue, Kentucky voters wonder if their senior senator will be able to finish out his term.

Republicans and Democrats shared the stage at this year’s annual Fancy Farm political picnic in western Kentucky Saturday, with the open U.S. Senate seat top of mind and next year’s gubernatorial primaries shaping up.

Friends and family said Wednesday a local jail was holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and wasn’t giving her proper care.

Despite an active bench warrant and a requirement to appear in person, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was absent from a hearing in his child support case.