Mitch McConnell

Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell and Congressman James Comer sent a letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell urging a delay of new hemp restrictions.

Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky praised the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs.

Kentucky GOP Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are clashing over a provision that opponents say will destroy the growing hemp industry in America.

The Kentucky Republican, who has about 18 months left in office, differs with many in his party over tariffs and isolationism.

Community leaders joined HempWood’s founder and employees Tuesday to celebrate the company’s addition of a second factory on its Murray campus – capitalizing on a growth in the hemp industry in the Bluegrass State and nationwide.

This year’s Fancy Farm picnic in western Kentucky turned into a debate over Sen. Mitch McConnell’s legacy within his own party as GOP candidates for his office vie for President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

McConnell says the bill would close an unintended loophole from his 2018 bill to legalize hemp, but industry leaders fear a ban could decimate the hemp industry.

As tariffs and trade deals seem to change and shift day by day, Kentucky businesses are scrambling to figure out a strategy. Meanwhile, a few of Kentucky’s federal lawmakers have been some of the most outspoken conservative opposition to the president’s economic platform.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is making the case for more U.S. investment to help Ukraine defeat Russia. The Louisville Republican held a closed meeting on Tuesday with members of the Knox Regional Development Authority in Elizabethtown.

Mitch McConnell announced his decision not to run for an eighth term to the U.S. Senate in a speech on the floor of the chamber Thursday.