Students at several JCPS magnet schools will get their bus back in March, after a board vote.

Should disaster strike Kentucky this year, DRC Emergency Services will have the important and potentially lucrative job of cleaning up the wreckage �� despite a trail of lawsuits that follow them.

Kentucky lawmakers will, for the third legislative session in a row, consider creating a fund to compensate people who were wrongfully convicted and incarcerated.

Rep. Hal Rogers has wanted another prison in eastern Kentucky for years. Local and national activists say the new land owners have better plans for Letcher County.

Miscarriages are common. But a medication for it is practically inaccessible in Kentucky because it’s also used for abortion.

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A quarter of Kentucky's law enforcement agencies failed to submit reports detailing what they took last fiscal year through a process known as asset forfeiture, a powerful and controversial practice that police praise and civil liberty advocates denounce.

KyCIR wants to talk to anyone who is having trouble getting their landlord to provide adequate heating this winter. Click the link below to reach us.

Some Republicans want to scale back school meal programs. In 2025, they may have the power to do it.

David Sanders not only wants a judge to overturn his death penalty conviction, but to declare a law unconstitutional, a decision that could open the door for defendants across the country. `

We analyzed a federal dataset to find the industrial facilities that directly released the most greenhouse gases – mainly carbon dioxide – in nine states. The list includes power plants, oil refineries, chemical manufacturers and steel mills.

After JCPS cut her son’s bus, Taryn Bell tried to keep him at the school he’d attended since kindergarten. In the end, the state’s new truancy law and the threat of jail forced her hand.

A recently formed group of business leaders that wants to reshape the city’s economic landscape are paying up to $100K for each seat at the table.

A tough legal precedent had kept his clients from their day in court, so Greg Belzley decided there was only one thing to do — try to change the law. This story was published in partnership with @MarshallProj.

In 2022, the Jefferson County Board of Education agreed to double the size of the school district's existing police force. The $2 million plan would give the district a 30-officer police force. Today, it's much bigger.

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Public records show most Kentucky cities and counties fell short of state rules that they regularly report on their payouts from the national opioid settlements.

The Louisville Economic Development Alliance, a public-private nonprofit that promises to reignite Louisville’s economy, is using Republic Bank to manage its bank account. But several of the group's board members have close ties to the bank.