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The Kentucky Supreme Court has removed Pulaski County’s circuit court clerk from office. Employees accused Joseph Flynn of inappropriate conduct, but he could return after the November election.
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Kentucky’s Democratic governor discussed his concern with the GOP-led budget proposal and called on the business community to prioritize universal pre-K at an event with Louisville’s chamber of commerce.
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Daviess County Public School system received four grants through the Kentucky Office of Refugees to fund six refugee advocates who will assist in bridging the new students and families and the DCPS.
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The revenue bill would alter Kentucky’s trigger law to lower the bar for future tax cuts while another bill shifts a $450 million grant program out of the Beshear administration’s control.
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If passed into law, the Safer Kentucky Act would likely further burden Kentucky’s already crowded prisons and jails. It could increase costs by an estimated billion dollars over the next decade, and it would pass into law at a time when violent crime has been declining across the state.
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HB 2, one of the most controversial measures of the session, will put a question on the November ballot asking if voters want lawmakers to change the Kentucky Constitution so that they can “provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.”
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Don McHenry scored 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting with four steals to help No. 3 seed Western Kentucky beat UTEP 78-71 Saturday night and win the Conference USA Tournament for the first time in program history.
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A right-wing student organization announced Kyle Rittenhouse would be a guest speaker at an event on WKU's campus. The announcement has caused concern for some faculty, students, and community members.
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The operations arm of Kentucky’s court system says there was no emergency on Friday, despite an alert issued to many courthouses and judicial centers.
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Teachers, union members and abortion-rights supporters have staged massive demonstrations, but it was a protest against anti-transgender legislation — which resulted in the arrests of some demonstrators on criminal trespassing charges last year — that prompted the Kentucky House this week to approve new criminal offenses for interfering with legislative proceedings.
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Senate Bill 6 advanced in the state House Thursday with new broad-reaching bans on funding for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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House Bill 367 got the Kentucky House of Representatives’ approval last month but still needs the Senate’s OK. The bill would tighten eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
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The omnibus tough-on-crime bill often called the Safer Kentucky Act passed a Senate committee despite a “no” vote from the committee chair.
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A divisive measure that would allow state lawmakers to fund private schools and charter schools passed the state House Wednesday.
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Janet Yellen joined Gov. Andy Beshear and business executives to cut the ribbon at Advanced Nano Products, in Elizabethtown Wednesday. ANP is a global supplier of carbon batteries and other products used to make electric vehicles.
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Kentucky lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to protect health care professionals who refuse to provide virtually any non-emergency medical treatment, if it violates their principles.
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With little opportunity for the public to weigh in, two newly-amended state budget bills appropriating more than $34 billion in Kentucky over the next two years cleared a state Senate committee and then the full Senate Wednesday.
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