Posted: 6:34 AM Economists say they expect the report to solidify a picture of companies hiring steadily but cautiously.

Posted: 7:10 AM Rival presidential campaigns are debating the need for voter ID laws

Posted: 5:53 AM State officials are calling high school students' attention to their futures with this month designated College Application Month in Kentucky.

Updated: 7:52 AM Kentucky Senate Majority Leader Robert Stivers is already getting plenty of vocal support as the likely successor to David Williams as the next Senate President just days after Williams said he was resigning to take a circuit judge position.

Updated: 4:24 AM Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler and Republican challenger Andy Barr are scheduled for their first face-to-face meeting on a TV show Monday after months of name-calling in what ranks as one of Kentucky's most mean-spirited congressional races ever.

Posted: 5:27 AM Former President Bill Clinton will campaign for Barack Obama next week

Updated: 4:43 AM Governor Beshear may appoint Ky. Sen. David Williams to a judgeship

Updated: 3:15 PM Tens of thousands of Kentuckians have already cast ballots for the Nov. 6 election

Posted: 4:15 AM President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, accusing him of "wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map." The Republican coolly responded, "Attacking me is not an agenda" for dealing with a dangerous world.

Updated: 7:32 AM Booze has been traded for votes in the Appalachian region in years past, but at least one election official is raising prescription pills as a new worry.

Posted: 5:41 AM Congressional leaders are assisting state and federal candidates this election cycle

Updated: 6:18 AM The deadline to become a write-in candidate in Kentucky elections is Friday

Posted: 5:31 AM A Kentucky Supreme Court candidate uses her maiden name in effort to harken to Eastern Kentucky political power

Updated: 5:22 PM In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style debate, not all of the presidential candidates' claims stood up to scrutiny Tuesday night.

Posted: 5:40 AM State Education Commissioner said the state is incorporating the new Fund for Transforming Education.

Posted: 6:05 AM The candidates will take questions on domestic and foreign policy from an audience of about 80 of the coveted uncommitted voters whom both campaigns are so furiously courting with just three weeks left until Election Day.

Posted: 6:07 AM Alison Lundergan Grimes is scheduled to give a free public address on the subject Wednesday at Northern Kentucky University.

Updated: 6:07 AM MML&K Government Solutions Director Sean Cutter announced Monday that Williams has joined McBrayer's firm.

Posted: 6:41 AM A former U.S. official says authorities believe Iranian-based hackers are responsible for cyberattacks that devastated Persian Gulf oil and gas companies.

Posted: 6:57 AM The Obama campaign is counting on a strong performance from Vice President Joe Biden to help halt recent momentum for the Romney camp

Posted: 6:50 AM Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Democratic Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway will be among the throng of political pundits offering spin to reporters covering the only scheduled face-to-face matchup between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

Posted: 4:55 AM Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is set to appear in court for an appeal hearing

Updated: 4:48 AM More ads are set to hit the airwaves in the final weeks of Campaign 2012

Updated: 2:51 AM The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says the percentage of Protestant adults in the U.S. has fallen to 48 percent

Posted: 6:44 AM Candidates are targeting new citizens for votes