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Kentuckians visiting the Bowling Green regional driver's license center waited in a line that snaked from the office to the the adjacent parking garage on Apr. 22, 2025.

Lisa Autry

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Senate GOP pushes bill to move driver’s license renewals back to Kentucky counties

Joe Sonka

Republicans in the Kentucky Senate gave priority status to a bill that could return driver’s license renewals back to county offices, citing long wait times at regional offices.

GOP Sen. Robby Mills, the co-chair of the Kentucky Housing Task Force, takes up his shovel for a staged groundbreaking in front of the floral clock at the Kentucky State Capitol after Republican lawmakers discussed their plans to address affordable housing needs in the state.

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Kentucky GOP lawmakers offer plans to improve housing supply, combat homelessness

Sylvia Goodman

A fluffy, mottled white and brown dog is in an orchard of hazelnut and oak trees. He wears a fluorescent orange harness labeled "Luca: NewTown Truffle."

Derek Parham

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Ky farmer dreams of the region becoming the truffle ‘center of the universe’

Derek Parham

Protesters attended a demonstration in downtown Bowling Green Saturday night to denounce the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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Anti-ICE protests draw crowds across parts of western Kentucky Saturday

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Labor board rules in favor of union in contested BlueOval SK election

Lisa Autry

Despite BlueOval SK’s plans to shutter its electric vehicle battery factory in Glendale next month, workers there have officially won their union election. The National Labor Relations Board ruled Monday on the contested election.
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MLK Jr. celebrations return to Bowling Green this week

Michael J. Collins

The BG MLK Planning Committee will host its 26th year of events starting Thursday, Jan. 15, and continuing into the national holiday. This year's program centers around the theme "Mentoring the Dream."
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Simpson Co. passes ordinance placing greater restrictions on data centers

Lisa Autry

Momentum behind a proposed large-scale data center in Franklin appears to be slowing. Simpson County Fiscal Court has passed an ordinance requiring the developer to obtain aconditional use permit before construction.
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Lawmakers could be asked to revisit Kentucky’s switch to SAT in '26 legislative session

Lisa Autry

Kentucky high school students will take the SAT instead of the ACT starting this spring. A new report suggests the Kentucky Department of Education may have violated state law by switching to a different college admissions exam.
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Todd Co. train derailment leads to fire, blocked tracks and roadway

Kevin Willis

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the accident happened Tuesday morning, blocking U.S. 41 between the Todd County town of Trenton and Pembroke, in Christian County.

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Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes

Nina Totenberg

To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.
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Scott Adams, the controversial cartoonist behind 'Dilbert,' dies at 68

Rachel Treisman

Adams announced in May that he was dying of metastatic prostate cancer. Thousands of newspapers carried his strip satirizing office culture from the '90s until a controversy in 2023.
Palestinians and Israelis find refuge at nail salon in Jaffa

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Ever since the Hamas-led attacks of October 2023 and the ongoing the war in Gaza, tensions between Palestinians and Jews in Israel have increased.
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Immigration agents are using banned chokeholds to make arrests, according to a ProPublica report

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After an Immigration and Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis last week, there’s widespread outrage over the use of force by federal immigration officers.
The view from inside Caracas

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After Maduro was seized by U.S. forces and arraigned on drug charges in New York last week, Venezuela’s oil exports have resumed this week.
What's next for Iran as protests continue?

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President Trump is threatening Iran with military strikes after the Islamic government there has tried to repress weeks of popular protests across the country.