Updated: 10:09 AM Taxes are the root of the hang-ups on "fiscal cliff" talks.

Posted: 8:49 AM Romney's loss has left the party rudderless and in disarray during what may be the most important policy debate in a generation.

Updated: 5:52 AM Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear is expecting an improved relationship with Senate Republicans now that they've elected new leaders.

Updated: 1:19 PM The Department of Revenue will keep its field offices open until 9 p.m. local time to accommodate an expected final-day rush.

Posted: 3:59 AM The president's trip comes amid signs of impatience in the negotiations between Republican leaders and the White House.

Updated: 5:03 AM Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with dollar coins could save taxpayers $4.4 billion over the next 30 years.

Posted: 4:00 AM The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court.

Updated: 3:54 PM Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) is joining forces with Hunter Bates, a GOP lobbyist, in a new firm.

Posted: 6:28 PM U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers -- known for his success in funneling federal dollars into his impoverished Appalachian district -- has been re-elected to a second term as chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations.

Updated: 12:04 AM The governor's office went blue, politically, in 2007 when Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear was elected. Now the carpeting is catching up.

Posted: 4:13 AM The latest squabble came within an hour of moderate Rep. Shelly Moore Capito's announcement Tuesday that she was running for West Virginia Democrat Jay Rockefeller's Senate seat in 2014.

Posted: 4:02 AM GOP senators are signaling they will try to scuttle Rice's nomination if President Barack Obama taps her to be the next secretary of state.

Posted: 3:46 AM Republicans in the Kentucky Senate have chosen Robert Stivers of Manchester to be the chamber's new president.

Posted: 4:18 AM The 50-year-old governor announced his intention to seek a second term Monday.

Posted: 4:09 AM Officials said the discussions will focus on her much-maligned explanations of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

Posted: 3:52 AM The Prestonsburg Democrat believes making the school a four-year state institution is the best way to improve access to higher education for students in Appalachia.

Updated: 11:52 PM Republican state senators are expected to choose their chamber's next president in a meeting Tuesday in Frankfort

Updated: 11:54 PM Earlier this year, the Kentucky Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling rejected an argument by contractor Leonard Lawson that his privacy would be invaded if the 1983 statement was released.

Posted: 4:09 AM The Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel will look at practices of government agencies charged with preventing such deaths and injuries.

Posted: 4:06 AM The case stems from a 2009 incident at Nelson County High School in which a student was charged with illegally dispensing a controlled substance.

Posted: 6:54 AM Polly Judd is skeptical of talk that her famous granddaughter, actress Ashley Judd, might run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky as a Democratic challenger to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.

Updated: 12:25 PM The Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform endorsed a proposal Monday to raise the cigarette tax to $1 a pack from the current 60 cents.

Posted: 4:13 AM Terry Holliday was elected president of the Council of Chief State School Officers' Board of Directors for 2013-14.

Posted: 4:10 AM Gov. Steve Beshear has hired a veteran government finance staffer to serve as state budget director.

Updated: 5:04 AM Raddatz was in Danville last month for the vice presidential debate at the school.