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As the Trump administration begins hollowing out the U.S. Department of Education, teachers rallied for the agency that distributes hundreds of millions in funds to Kentucky schools.

Medicaid, concealed carry and telework ban: Friday was the final day for the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislation that is veto proof, with some notable bills making the cut, and some left behind.

As midnight and the governor’s veto period approached Friday night, the Kentucky General Assembly pushed through several highly controversial bills, including one that cuts gender-affirming hormone treatments from Medicaid.

Kentucky has a system to cut the income tax rate annually, so long as budget triggers are met. A new bill passed out of the legislature makes hitting those triggers easier.

Incarcerated Kentuckians would be housed according to their “original biological sex” under a floor amendment attached to an unrelated bill Friday.

Lawmakers want to cut off extra funding for multilingual students after four years.

Advocates say police would have wide discretion to deny the public access to open investigation records under legislation that barely passed through a Senate committee Thursday.

Kentucky businesses are feeling the impacts of President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — even when they use metal made in America.

The Kentucky Senate passed legislation that would redirect $8.5 million of funding away from the Center for Rural Development, months after it nearly used the funds on a controversial land deal.

Republicans pushed an unexpected update to Kentucky’s abortion ban through the state legislature this week, passing it in less than 24 hours.