Longtime thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans has entered the Kentucky campaign to succeed retiring Republican Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate.

Mason Shipley kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and No. 21 Texas beat Kentucky 16-13.

Kentucky Senate candidate Daniel Cameron is banking on his familiarity with voters to overcome lackluster fundraising.

Ford says it will invest nearly $2 billion to retool a Kentucky plant to produce electric vehicles.

A renowned Kentucky picnic turned into a Republican political skirmish on Saturday.

Statehouses across the U.S. are addressing long-standing bathroom disparities for female lawmakers.

Republican businessman Nate Morris says Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is undeserving of a lifetime achievement award from their home state political party.

GE Appliances has announced a nearly half-billion-dollar project that will create 800 jobs and shift production of clothes washers from China to its manufacturing complex in Kentucky.

An ethics complaint stemming from Republican Daniel Cameron’s failed run for Kentucky governor has resurfaced as the former state attorney general campaigns for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky.

Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since the floodwaters have receded.

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill touted by its Republican supporters as an attempt to bring clarity to the state's near-total abortion ban.

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs has forged a rare bipartisan alliance among Kentucky’s top leaders — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

In the rolling hills of Kentucky where most of the world’s bourbon supply is crafted, the prospect of a new trade war feels like an aching hangover that won’t go away.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a food company has chosen the Bluegrass State for a facility that will employ more than 900 people.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is taking on a lead role for Democratic efforts to win governorships in the 2026 midterm elections.

A battery manufacturer has selected Kentucky for a nearly $712 million project to produce industrial-sized batteries used to store and distribute energy.

Tom Watson, a hall of fame broadcast reporter whose career included decades as a broadcast editor for The Associated Press in Kentucky, has died.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has unveiled plans to create a statewide drug prevention program.

Prominent Republicans in Kentucky have ridiculed Gov. Andy Beshear's efforts to land the No. 2 spot on the Democratic presidential ticket.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is one of several Democrats who is said to be in consideration as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris soon after she became the prohibitive favorite to lead the Democratic ticket.

As support coalesces around Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's nominee for president, the conversation has turned to a potential running mate.

Kentucky's governor says electric vehicles have ignited enough momentum from job growth and investments to steer past any roadblocks from former President Donald Trump and other critics.

Devin Johnson’s life has been uprooted for a second time by a tornado in Kentucky.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear marched with other Kentuckians to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a landmark civil-rights rally that featured Martin Luther King Jr. in the state's capital city.

The Kentucky Senate has endorsed a proposed constitutional change to limit a governor’s end-of-term pardon powers.

Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the Kentucky Capitol steps to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry.

Abortion-rights supporters are mounting another push to restore abortion access in Kentucky.

For weary parents rolling up their sleeves for diaper duty, a bill in Kentucky would deliver tax relief when purchasing a necessity that adds up to a big expense.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has announced the formation of a federal political action committee.

Attorneys for a pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion say she's learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear railed against the politics of division as he launched his second term in Kentucky.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has won reelection to a second term in Kentucky.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is downplaying party labels in seeking a second term in Republican-leaning Kentucky.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has placed a $20 bet to signal that legal sports wagering is off and running in the Bluegrass State.

Kentucky GOP gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron stuck to his conservative playbook but steered away for the most part from ex-President Donald Trump’s latest legal woes.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill aimed at transgender health care has put Kentucky in the middle of a national fight.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's efforts to ride the advantages of incumbency to reelection this year were on display in his most recent news conference.

Kentucky's governor says Democrats have a better chance of connecting with rural voters when they talk about the things people need and the ways they can help them.

Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft has launched her campaign for Kentucky governor, saying the state’s “best days are ahead.”.

A new state report says fatal drug overdoses rose nearly 15% in Kentucky last year.

The committee wrapped up its review of a flurry of impeachment efforts targeting the top levels of Kentucky government in Frankfort. It recommended that the governor and the state's Republican attorney general — another impeachment target — not face removal from office. AdThe panel’s recommendation that no further action be taken on petitions against Beshear and Cameron will be submitted to the Republican-dominated House. Beshear touched on the issue in urging lawmakers to put the impeachment effort to rest. The House Impeachment Committee reached its decision late Tuesday after the latest in a series of long meetings, mostly behind closed doors.

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020 file photo, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron addresses the media following the return of a grand jury investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor, in Frankfort, Ky. Impeachment fever has struck Kentucky. It's a card rarely played in any serious way in the Bluegrass State, though Kentucky has had its share of provocative elected officials. Kentucky law requires the speaker to send impeachment petitions to a committee but doesn’t require it to take any action. Beshear vowed not to be intimidated then, and he's taken the same stance on the impeachment petition. An impeachment trial is held in the Senate, where the votes of two-thirds of senators present are required for conviction.

That's when results from the primary will be announced after a week of counting absentee ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic. Early results showed progressive candidate Charles Booker and establishment-backed McGrath almost neck-and-neck as of late Monday afternoon. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)LOUISVILLE, Ky. Former Marine pilot Amy McGrath overcame a bumpier-than-expected Kentucky primary to win the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination Tuesday, fending off progressive Charles Booker to set up a bruising, big-spending showdown with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell, a key ally to President Donald Trump, already breezed to victory in the GOP primary in his bid for a seventh term. Despite her advantages, McGrath sweated out her primary victory against the hard-charging Booker.

Its distillery being built at Lebanon, Kentucky, is expected to be carbon neutral a first for the London-based company. The $130 million distillery of Bulleit bourbon is expected to be fully operational in 2021. This groundbreaking undertaking to electrify our operations and then power them with renewable electricity will result in one of the largest carbon neutral distilleries in North America." The renewable electricity will be supplied by Inter-County Energy and East Kentucky Power Cooperative, it said. The plant will supplement the company's Kentucky operations at the Stitzel-Weller distillery in Louisville and its distillery at Shelbyville.

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Wading into a politically charged issue, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday preached the importance of wearing masks in public as the nation's economy reopens from the cataclysmic" damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. During a tour of hospitals this week in his home state of Kentucky, the Republican leader has stressed wearing masks in public and following social distancing guidelines. There should be no stigma attached to wearing a mask," McConnell said during an appearance in Owensboro. President Donald Trump has refused to wear face coverings, and polls find that conservative Americans are more likely to forgo them. The events were his first public appearances in the Bluegrass State since mid-March due to the pandemic.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in, Lexington, Ky., Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)LEXINGTON, KY The Latest on President Donald Trump's rally in Kentucky (all times local):7:55 p.m.President Donald Trump is calling incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin a "pain" on the eve of Tuesday's Kentucky gubernatorial election, but he says he means it in the nicest way. Addressing a campaign rally Monday in Lexington, Kentucky, Trump said Bevin has frequently prodded him to help court businesses to relocate in his state and bring federal dollars to the state. Trump tweeted support for Bevin on Monday morning, saying he "has worked really hard & done a GREAT job."