By Caroline Humer May 9 (Reuters) - Kentucky Democratic Governor Steve Beshear said on Thursday he will expand Medicaid coverage under...

Gov. Steve Beshear (D) announced Kentucky would participate in a key element of President Barack Obama's health care plan to enroll more people in Med...

WASHINGTON -- Kentucky Democrats, you need to get your act together. Nature abhors a vacuum. So does politics. And right now you're all getting sucked...

While it certainly was (quoting the Flintstones theme) a "gay old time" in Washington this week, I have already spent the whole week on the subject, so I'm really only going to mention it in passing.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky lawmakers have voted to override the governor's veto of a bill intended to better protect legal claims of religious freedom...

Human rights and civil liberties groups are up in arms over Kentucky's religious freedom bill, contending that the legislation could restrict the righ...

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear waded into the growing speculation over Ashley Judd's potential Senate candidacy on Thursday, praising the actress as a "v...

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) on Tuesday added his name to a list of skeptics unwilling to support a state push to plant the seeds for a potential l...

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Amish people in Kentucky will no longer have to use a bright orange reflective triangle on their horse-drawn buggies. Gov. Steve Be...

Accordingly, my support for gay marriage and legalized marijuana is not reliant on an "anything goes" worldview, but rather that these policies would fundamentally strengthen society and better address its public moral needs. The same holds true for my philosophy toward gambling.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) has proposed a 2012-2013 budget that includes heavy cuts to some key departments while giving a $43 million tax break ...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans think Democrats may be hyperventilating over a few major wins in Tuesday's local elections, but even they were willing to ad...

For all the frustration surrounding the economy, voters refused to throw incumbent parties out of governors' and most big-city mayors' offices, and th...

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The questions on the ballot range from undocumented immigration and union rights ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky is a red state with two Republican senators, a Republican state Senate, and a recent history of voting for GOP presidentia...

David Williams, Kentucky's GOP nominee for governor, may have finally found the elusive political silver bullet. The State Senate President has hit upon a new campaign theme that might just bring him a stunning, surprise victory: Anti-Hinduism.

Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate David Williams criticized Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear Tuesday for participating in what Williams called ...

The father-in-law at issue is Terry Stephens, a highly successful businessman in rural southern Kentucky. And his son-in-law, Kentucky Senate President and GOP gubernatorial nominee David Williams, is having a very, very bad year.

A political firestorm erupted in the tiny rural hamlet of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, last weekend when a scandalous speech delivered by Governor Steve Beshear received universal approbation from political insiders and the capital press corps.

I recently asked a number of people in the "political know" of Kentucky the question. "Who do you see emerging as the next leaders of Kentucky?"