politics

This week at the Indiana Statehouse: Lawmakers finish the 2025 session with a state budget that covers a massive revenue shortfall. A measure meant to address high health care costs goes to the governor. And school board races will turn partisan under a narrowly-approved bill.

Another high-profile contender has officially joined the race for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat. U.S. Rep Andy Barr announced Tuesday he’d run for seat in what is expected to be a hotly contested primary.

Tennessee will soon ensure the rights of foster care youth under a measure headed to the governor’s desk.

A House committee amended controversial legislation that will reintroduce previously halted work reporting requirements to Indiana's Medicaid expansion program. Among other things, the committee made changes to who is exempt from the work reporting requirements.

Indiana House Republicans voted to give anyone the right to sue local governments to stop performances they think are obscene.

Kentucky Democratic lawmaker Pamela Stevenson has launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate, looking to take the spot long held by Sen. Mitch McConnell.

School board candidates would be forced to choose a political label for the ballot under a bill narrowly approved by the House Monday.

Writer and journalist Michael Tackett speaks in Louisville Thursday about his new biography on Kentucky's senior Senator, Mitch McConnell. He spoke with LPM's Bill Burton.

Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed legislation that would redefine Kentucky waters to more closely align with navigable waters as defined by federal law.

The town hall was hosted by SoKY Indivisible in downtown Bowling Green. The group said it was holding the event because they feel that U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie had not responded to their requests to hold a town hall.