Kentucky Headlines

Kentucky's state Republicans unveil an omnibus anti-abortion bill, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says Republicans shouldn't revisit the 2020 election before the election in 2022 and a man whose sentence was commute by former Gov. Matt Bevin pleads guilty.

A state representative filed a bill that would put COVID on the list of line-of-duty deaths for first responders, Heaven Hill Distillery has stopped negotiating with striking workers and the ACLU comments on an abortions rights billboard.

Clark County's judge-executive has died of COVID-19, Lexington's Urban County Council voted for hero pay for essential workers and Kentucky's kynect healthcare portal opens.

Gov. Andy Beshear announces the opening the kynect health care portal, Kentucky's COVID-19 numbers and Louisville votes on studying reparations for descendants of slavery.

Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John Minton announces his retirement, UK announces its mask policy for home basketball games and new details on essential worker bonuses.

Kentucky's Third District Congressman John Yarmuth will not run for reelection, State Sen. Morgan McGarvey announces a bid for Yarmuth's seat and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron speaks about a case on a Kentucky anti-abortion law.

Kentucky's General Fund grows and the dates are set for the 2022 General Assembly.

Franklin Circuit Court ruled the school choice bill passed during the 2021 General Assembly unconstitutional, the U.S. Senate voted to raise the debt ceiling with the help of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Kentucky's COVID-19 positivity rate continues to decline.

Kentucky's COVID death toll now top 9,000 and the Jefferson County School Board authorized "test-to-stay" programs for their schools.

Kentucky hits a new high for single-day deaths from COVID-19 and the Kentucky Department of Education releases information on Kentucky students' standardized test scores.