NADIA RAMLAGAN Kentucky News Connection

In the final days of the legislative session, Kentucky Senate lawmakers could consider the “Momnibus” bill, which would increase access to critical prenatal and post-birth care for new ...

A western Kentucky plastics plant is among the top 10 emitters of chlorine air pollution, according to a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project. The Calvert City plant is owned by the ...

Kentucky school districts say a proposed bill to tighten restrictions on SNAP participation will lead to an uptick in student hunger. House Bill 367 would lower the income threshold for SNAP ...

Many eastern Kentuckians will see their monthly energy bills increase by around $8 per month, after a ruling last month by the state’s utility regulator greenlighting rate hikes for ...

Kentucky saw a 48% reduction in child victims of maltreatment from 2018 to 2022, according to the latest federal data. However, child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth remains around 60% higher ...

New legislation under consideration by Kentucky lawmakers would allow police to confiscate guns from people whose family members are concerned about their mental health, by petitioning for a Crisis ...

Child-care providers in Kentucky are bracing for severe funding cuts when $330 million in annual federal funding expires in September. A recent survey of hundreds of child-care directors in the ...

Rural electric co-ops in Kentucky have submitted more than 60 proposed projects to a federal grant program called Empowering Rural America, which is aimed at helping rural communities transition to ...

Kentucky lawmakers convene this week for the 2024 legislative session, and a new report finds state representatives are increasingly fast-tracking legislation while eroding citizen participation. The ...

Eastern Kentucky’s largest utility, Kentucky Power, wants to raise its residential and commercial rates. The state’s Public Service Commission is slated to hear the case on November ...