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First Black woman elected to Kentucky Supreme Court takes oath
FRANKFORT — Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwine — the first Black woman elected to the high court — was officially sworn into office Friday to cheering and clapping...
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Auditor announces investigation of how Kentucky awarded medical cannabis licenses
Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball plans to investigate how the state’s Office of Medical Cannabis (OMC) processed license applications, she announced Thursday. Ball’s office will be “examining OMC’s business license...
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Writers bring us ‘something particularly humane,’ says KY’s next poet laureate
Kathleen Driskell of Oldham County will be Kentucky’s new poet laureate, succeeding novelist and essayist Silas House. In naming Driskell Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear said she has “made a...
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This military mom in KY is suing Trump’s Pentagon to defend her kids’ ‘right to learn’
Jessica Henninger wants to protect her children from the political climate that briefly closed their school library at Fort Campbell and led to books being removed from the shelves. ...
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Book purges at Fort Campbell, other schools run by Defense Department challenged as unconstitutional
Kentucky students are part of a federal lawsuit challenging U.S. Department of Defense policies that led to schools at Fort Campbell and other military bases removing books about slavery...
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Six Kentuckians have died in storms, 70 counties declare emergencies, governor says
The death toll from the floods that hit Kentucky over the last week has risen to six, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. Those who have died are, according to...
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Lantern founding editor inducted into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame
LEXINGTON — Kentucky Lantern founding editor Jamie Lucke was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame Tuesday. Lucke joins Lantern freelancers Deborah Yetter, Tom Loftus and Jack Brammer,...
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Kentucky heads for ‘problematic’ freeze following four-day flood
Kentucky is bracing for a “problematic” night with freezing temperatures on the way to complicate standing water and wet conditions following a four-day flooding event, Gov. Andy Beshear said...
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Child dies in floodwaters in Frankfort as Kentucky expects still more rain, wind, rising rivers
A Frankfort boy is dead after being swept away by floodwaters as storm-battered Kentucky braces for more dangerous weather this weekend. In a Friday afternoon news briefing, Gov. Andy...
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Kentucky Health and Family Services chief retiring, Dr. Steven Stack will succeed him
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander will retire Aug. 1, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack will succeed him...