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FRANKFORT--The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would bring Kentucky's state ID program into compliance with a federal standard that has a fast-approaching deadline. Senate Bill 245, passed by a 26-12 vote, would make REAL ID-compliant state-issued identification available to Kentuckians.

REAL ID is a federal program adopted in 2005 that would come close to establishing a national proof-of-identity program.

Editor's Note: The Senate Committee Substitute language: adjust fees for various documents to reduce regular operator's license fee from $50 to $48, Combination motorcycle / operator's license from $60 to $58, and personal ID cards from $30 to $28. Thank you David C. Harris, Director of Governmental Affairs for Kentucky Association of REALTORS (TM) for that info.

FRANKFORT--Legislation that would require the state to fund the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System on an actuarially sound basis starting in fiscal year 2017 is on its way to the Senate.

House Bill 1, sponsored by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, would require state employers to pay 100 percent of the additional contribution rate needed to fund the KTRS pension fund to keep the fund fiscally sound.

MURRAY, Ky. -- Murray State University's College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) is now offering courses in American Sign Language (ASL). The courses are primarily taught by deaf educators via Skype or an in-classroom setting.

Graves County High School TSA students fare well in

regional competition at Morehead State University

The visit by the first American president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge will prove highly profitable for both countries...

Anyone who has ever been to Paducah knows about the US 60 on/off ramp for I-24. That's the one that leads to Kentucky Oaks Mall and rows of restaurants and businesses.

KYDOT is looking to ease the congestion with a new interchange with a fancy name.