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With a state Senate special election rapidly approaching, here’s what you need to know ahead of Election Day.

The Jefferson County Republican Party has selected a candidate for a special election in Louisville’s South End that railed against the women of his generation through online posts, using vulgar epithets.

The owner of the Florida company intending to purchase several facilities from Addiction Recovery Care in Kentucky says ARC’s owner Tim Robinson will use funds from the sale to make a payment to the U.S. Department of Justice over Medicaid violations.

The proposed settlement between the Kentucky attorney general and the state’s largest electric utility company would cut proposed electricity rate increases in half.

Several lawmakers voiced support Tuesday to bring back legislation that would make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky’s public water systems.

The Louisville Republican Party nominated retired U.S. Army veteran Calvin Leach to go up against Democrat Gary Clemons, a local union leader, in a special election for a vacant state Senate seat in south Louisville.

Funding for food assistance benefits next month isn’t coming, Gov. Andy Beshear said, due to the federal government shutdown. Funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program is also delayed.

State Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton of Louisville has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in 2024. It’s the second time she has been sentenced for DUI in the past five years.

The Louisville Democratic Party has nominated Gary Clemons, the president of the United Steelworkers Local 1693 union, as their candidate to fill a vacant state Senate seat in south Louisville.

Thousands turned out across Kentucky for a day of peaceful protest. Many wore inflatable animal costumes, carried signs and chanted protests against the Trump administration.