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Justin Hicks/KPRThe candidate filing deadline passed Friday in Kentucky, with Democrats again leaving many General Assembly races unchallenged to the Republican supermajority. -
Sylvia Goodman/KPRA naturalized citizen was inspired to run for the Kentucky House a day after GOP bills were filed to ban immigrants from public office, saying it’s “not the time to sit on the sidelines.”
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The Kentucky General Assembly opened the 2026 session in new temporary lodgings with no gallery for in-person viewing. Lawmakers’ top mission will be to pass a two-year budget. -
Kentucky’s federal delegation had mixed reactions to the military incursion into Venezuela, including criticism from the state’s lone Democrat and GOP Rep. Thomas Massie. -
After years of federal stimulus and surpluses, the Kentucky General Assembly will have to pass a state budget in a tighter fiscal environment in the 2026 session. -
Communities grappled with data center projects, the cannabis industry faced delays and setbacks, and the president battled with a Kentucky congressman throughout 2025. -
Here’s what environmental advocates say they’re hoping for, and what they’re watching out for, during the Kentucky Legislature’s upcoming session. -
Let’s look back on 2025’s big stories on health and the environment from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. -
Beyond passing a two-year state budget, the GOP supermajority of the Kentucky General Assembly plans to advance bills addressing education, data centers, immigration and housing in the 2026 session. -
From federal rulemakers all the way down to Kentucky lawmakers, 2025 was full of regulatory wins for mining companies. Meanwhile, health researchers confirm that deaths from black lung disease are rampant in the mine industry. -
Kentucky Public Radio has covered a tumultuous year of federal cuts and shifts, the lawsuits challenging them, state governance and another hefty legislative session. Rediscover our top politics stories of 2025. -
The Ohio River town of Maysville has been in talks with an undisclosed company looking to develop a proposed hyperscale data center campus that could span thousands of acres.
