Problems with the condition of a building where an immigration court is located have caused weeks of hearings to be canceled.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that the state of Kentucky must pay almost a quarter-million dollars in legal expenses stemming from a former county clerk's refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin this week insulted the challenger he defeated in the May Republican primary, an unorthodox move that runs the risk of alienating a swath of voters he needs to win a second term.

A judge has ordered an evidentiary hearing within two weeks on a protest involving coal miners who have blocked trains transporting coal.

The Kentucky Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday in the case of a Lexington t-shirt maker accused of violating the city’s fairness ordinance by refusing to print shirts for a gay pride event. 

A public forum was held Thursday evening to discuss race, class, and development in Lexington. The forum was well attended, with people from a diverse range of ethnicity and economic status filling a conference room at the Lexington Senior Center. The topic of discussion centered around gentrification, defined by Lexington city councilmembers as a neighborhood in transition to suit an exclusive, upper-income, white community… as opposed to revitalization, which the event hosts described as a transition toward communities of mixed income and race.

A prominent gay-rights activist was dragged out of a state fairgrounds building and arrested Thursday during a protest at the Kentucky Farm Bureau's country ham breakfast, an annual event that draws many of the state's top political leaders.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could get another Democratic challenger in his reelection bid next year.