Updated: 05/22/2013 - Governor Steve Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings to be lowered to half-staff as a show of respect for the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - The planned expansion of Kentucky's Medicaid program coupled with a push to help the uninsured obtain health coverage will worsen the state's shortage of physicians.

Posted: 05/22/2013 - A state report shows the number of coal jobs in Kentucky has dwindled to its lowest point since 1950.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - The U.S. House has passed legislation that would put a two-year moratorium on an Army Corps of Engineers plan to erect barriers to prevent people from fishing below dams on the Cumberland River.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - A former gubernatorial aide to three governors will take over as tourism secretary on June 1.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - Tea party activists have rallied outside a federal building in Louisville, chanting it's time for the IRS to go because of its extra scrutiny of conservative groups.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - The Dalai Lama called aggression a sign of weakness and compassion a sign of strength as the Buddhist spiritual leader spoke to a group of students in Louisville.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - The health department in northern Kentucky says it plans to stop offering well-child visits because Medicaid no longer offers reimbursement for them.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Federal prosecutors say former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer's "unwarranted sense of entitlement" goes beyond what he's been charged with.