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The measure would ensure public school teachers and staff have the right to engage in religious activities while on duty, as long as they don’t coerce students.

A bill legalizing medical cannabis has been assigned to a committee in the Kentucky Senate. Advocates say it marks a small step forward after years of stalling.

The Kentucky House passed a $39 million measure that includes spending to improve facilities and boost staffing in the state’s troubled juvenile justice system.

The measure would allow schools to expel students for off-campus behaviors, and move “chronically disruptive” students to remote learning.

Ag. Commissioner Ryan Quarles provided few specifics of his medical cannabis proposal, but that he wants to “keep big government” out of the regulatory scheme.

A Kentucky bill that would prohibit local and state officers from cooperating with federal agencies to enforce federal gun laws in the state passed the House today.

A new bill easing some of last year’s changes to Kentucky unemployment system passed out of a legislative committee.

LGBTQ advocates rallied at the Kentucky Capitol on Thursday, calling for fairness as anti-trans bills advance in the legislature.

A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky wants to charge people with murder for getting an abortion. Even some GOP officials think the proposal goes too far.

Kentucky officials are asking lawmakers for money to boost staffing and ramp up security at juvenile justice facilities around the state.