GOP lawmakers pass bills to weaken KY worker safety standards at request of employers
House Bill 196 involves first aid required at coal mines; House Bill 398 relates to state workplace safety standards.
Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes stopgap funding bill
Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...
Senate confirms Trump labor pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer — as one more Cabinet confirmation looms
The Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor in a bipartisan vote Monday, all but finalizing ...
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2 of Senate’s top priority bills gain unanimous approval
Two of the Senate’s top priority bills for the 2025 legislative session won easy passage in that chamber on Tuesday, one ...
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Read the full text of Mitch McConnell's speech announcing final Senate term
In an reflective speech on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Mitch McConnell announced that his current term in the U.S. Senate ...
Kentucky passes bill banning DEI at public universities, sends it to Beshear
A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public colleges and universities has passed out of the House and Senate.
House GOP passes spending bill, sending plan to avert government shutdown to Senate
The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...
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Government shutdown likely after Schumer says Senate Dems will block GOP funding bill
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has also opposed the ... In a statement after the lower chamber passed the funding bill, Johnson said it was “decision time for Senate Democrats: Cast a vote to keep the ...
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Comer won’t run for McConnell’s Kentucky Senate seat in 2026
Mitch McConnell’s open Kentucky Senate seat in 2026 after the former ... announced his decision in a floor speech in the chamber he’s served in since 1985. “Seven times my fellow Kentuckians ...