Rocky Adkins

Kentucky’s chance to take the lead on legal hemp appears to be gaining new life less than a week after the legislation looked like it was going up in smoke. The legislature should pass the original Senate Bill 50, or at least allow a vote, before it...

FRANKFORT — It may be a difficult road toward getting Kentucky legislators to approve a legal framework that would repeal the ban on industrial hemp production, but Agriculture Commissioner James Comer is not giving up. The House Agriculture and...

FRANKFORT — The Democrat-led House of Representatives passed a redistricting bill Wednesday in a move that some local legislators believe is politically motivated. Under the redistricting, the areas represented by state Rep. Jonathan Shell, R-...

FRANKFORT — Democratic leaders in the House are pushing a legislative redistricting plan that could strengthen their majority by forcing 11 Republicans to run against each other next year. The House State Government Committee on Tuesday approved...

Jessamine County’s state representative no longer holds a leadership role in the House as a result of voting on the first day of the General Assembly session.   State Rep. Bob Damron, D-Nicholasville, lost his position Jan. 8 as majority caucus...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Despite a string of passionate appeals, the Democratic majority in the Kentucky House refused Thursday to change a proposed legislative redistricting plan that hits GOP lawmakers especially hard. The House voted 63-34, largely along...