FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's legislature will take a weeklong break in response to the new coronavirus outbreak as top lawmakers released an abbreviated schedule to finish work on the budget...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation to cut out the role of pharmacy benefit managers in handling Medicaid prescription drug claims won final passage in the Kentucky legislature Wednesday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's legislative session will continue as scheduled but with new safeguards in place to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, top Republican lawmakers said...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republicans upset about the new Kentucky governor's overhaul of the state school board responded Tuesday with a bill that would block similar reorganizations from occurring...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A key Kentucky lawmaker said Friday that former Gov. Matt Bevin's four last appointments to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees were out of compliance with state...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky General Assembly leaders are considering a rule change requiring witnesses who testify during legislative committee meetings to be sworn in under oath to stop a...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After a much-criticized flurry of last-minute pardons by ex-Gov. Matt Bevin, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers predicted Wednesday that lawmakers will try to modify...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The volatile illegal immigration issue has reached into the Kentucky legislature with a Republican-backed bill aimed at preventing sanctuary policies at the local level and...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate's top leader said Thursday he plans to forge ahead with a proposal calling for an investigation into the state's $24 million settlement with OxyContin...

Reaction from Kentucky officials to Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s concession to Democrat Andy Beshear, ending the state’s bitterly fought governor’s race:

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's next legislative session will open with a proposal calling for an investigation into the state's $24 million settlement with the makers of the powerful...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A wall is going up between Republicans and Democrats in Kentucky's Capitol.

The Courier-Journal reports Senate President Robert Stivers said he authorized building a...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Jay D. Hartz, a top staff member in the Kentucky Senate president's office, was selected by legislative leaders on Wednesday as the next director of the Legislative Research...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A group active in the fight against drug addiction in Kentucky's largest city is planning to open a regional recovery center in Appalachia.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — For the second time in months, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin intends to reconvene state lawmakers for a special session to confront the state's pension woes after vetoing a bill...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on Kentucky's governor intending to call a special legislative session to deal with a pension bill (all times local):

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill aimed at redirecting big legal cases away from a circuit judge who has drawn the ire of Republican leaders is on "life support" after a Kentucky House committee...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate voted Thursday to allow state officials to avoid having their legal cases heard by a circuit judge who has drawn the ire of Gov. Matt Bevin for some of...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at shedding more light on efforts to lobby the state's executive branch.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers overrode objections from Kentucky's chief justice on Monday and endorsed a bill that would let state officials redirect big legal cases away from a...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate's top leader on Tuesday pointed to high-profile public corruption cases in pushing for ethics legislation to shed more light on efforts to lobby the executive branch.

Senate President Robert Stivers mentioned federal bribery and kickback cases involving an ex-lobbyist and a former high-ranking state official in advocating for stricter oversight of lobbyists when reaching out to executive branch agencies that craft regulations and award contracts.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate Republican Caucus has elected Julie Raque Adams as its new chairwoman.

Adams defeated fellow Louisville Sen. Dan Seum in an election on Friday. Senators voted by secret ballot in a closed meeting. GOP leaders did not release the vote totals.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The director of the Legislative Research Commission says Republican leaders have chosen not to renew his contract.

David Byerman posted on his Twitter account Tuesday that his last day will be Sept. 30. He has agreed to act as an adviser until a new director is hired.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Don Parkinson is the new secretary of Kentucky's Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Republican Gov. Matt Bevin made the announcement Tuesday morning. Parkinson will replace Hal Heiner, who resigned Monday so Bevin could appoint him to the state Board of Education.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers made a series of last-minute spending and tax policy revisions Saturday before wrapping up the year's tumultuous session, capped by an extraordinary rebuke of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's explosive remarks toward teachers.

The GOP-led Kentucky House approved a pair of resolutions condemning Bevin's comments Friday that children were sexually abused while teachers rallied at the state Capitol.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A House-passed revenue proposal that features a tax on prescription opioids and a higher cigarette tax faces tough prospects in the Senate, the chamber's top leader said Friday.

"If you're asking in the form that it's in, I think it will be very difficult," Senate President Robert Stivers said of the narrowly targeted revenue plan that cleared the House on Thursday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An overhaul of one of the country's worst-funded public pension systems will not include a mandatory move to a 401(k)-style plan because Kentucky legislative leaders say it would not save enough money.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican leaders in Kentucky's legislature may be close to unveiling a bill aimed at shoring up state pension systems for government employees and school teachers after weeks of work.

Senate President Robert Stivers said Tuesday he anticipates a pension bill will be presented this week. This year's legislative session reaches its halfway point Wednesday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — First-day pomp quickly gave way to harsh realities for Kentucky's top Republican legislative leaders, who said Tuesday that tough work ahead on a new state budget and proposed fixes to underfunded public pension systems will overshadow this year's General Assembly session.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System has been plagued by "systemic" problems that contributed greatly to its chronic funding woes, a top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday as he defended the General Assembly's record on pensions.

Senate President Robert Stivers said the problem lies with the retirement system, pointing out that lawmakers for years have fully funded the teachers' pension system as required by law.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican leaders announced Tuesday that they have agreed on a plan to change one of the nation's worst-funded public pension systems.

Gov. Matt Bevin has scheduled a 9 a.m. news conference Wednesday in the state Capitol along with fellow Republicans House Speaker Jeff Hoover and Senate President Robert Stivers to unveil a proposal the trio has named "Keeping the Promise."

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's plan to change the state's public pension system (all times local):

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Kentucky's Republican leaders say they have agreed on how to change the state's struggling public pension system.

Gov. Matt Bevin, state House Speaker Jeff Hoover and Senate President Robert Stivers will announce the plan Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the state Capitol. All are Republicans.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The second-in-command of the Kentucky state Senate says he will resign from his leadership post.

Republican Sen. David Givens says he will step down as the Senate President Pro Tempore on Saturday. Givens said in a news release he was stepping down for family reasons. Givens will remain in the Senate as a member of the Republican caucus.

Republican Senate President Robert Stivers said he is praying for Givens and his family.