In Kentucky, residents must register to vote at least 29 days before an election.

State lawmakers agreed on a $52.8 billion budget Thursday. Of that, more than $1.5 billion could be put aside for businesses that are expected to request refunds under the state’s previous franchise tax rules, and a school choice bill.

Murray State University and WPSD-TV have agreed to a settlement in response to an open records lawsuit filed last year by the Paducah-based news station.

In honor of upcoming Earth Week and the 2024 Four Rivers Watershed Sustainability Festival, Murray State's Cinema International program and Watershed Studies Institute have partnered to present the environmental documentary The Human Element this week. Daniel Hurt speaks to Cinema International program director Dr. Thérèse St. Paul and biology professor Dr. Howard Whiteman about the upcoming screenings.

Several bills making their way through the Tennessee statehouse highlight the debate over law enforcement’s access to reproductive health care records.

A Republican lawmaker has signaled plans to mount another effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky's public universities after GOP supermajorities failed to resolve differences on the issue during the recently ended legislative session.

An independent review commissioned by the United Nations did not have a mandate to investigate Israel's other claim that a dozen UNRWA employees took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.

The DOJ settlement goes to 139 victims of Larry Nassar, the disgraced team doctor of USA Gymnastics who sexually assaulted elite and Olympic gymnasts, after the FBI failed to promptly investigate.

After dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at Columbia, Yale and NYU, students at colleges from Massachusetts to Minnesota to California are erecting encampments in solidarity.

The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.

Tensions are high as campus protests over the war in Gaza stretch across the U.S. The Supreme Court will hear a case about pro-union Starbucks employees.

The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.