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WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro moved Friday to dismiss charges against a former Olympian canoeist alleged to have damaged part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Pirro had charged David Hearn, of Bethesda, Maryland, with destruction of property of more than $1,000 for allegedly vandalizing the newly refinished…

States will have to meet a Jan. 1 deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, after a federal judge denied 25 Democratic-led states’ request to pause implementation of the rule. The broad tax and spending law President Donald Trump signed last summer, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, requires states that have expanded Medicaid…

The past month has been volatile for those covered by Medicaid. The budget passed by the General Assembly for fiscal year (FY) 2027, which runs from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, appropriated $269 million less in state funds than what is needed to maintain existing Medicaid services. Because of the shortfall, the…

New Kentucky head coach Will Stein held his first media day Monday, emphasizing the importance of details and execution during fall camp as the Wildcats prepare for their September 5 season opener against Youngstown State.

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Around 700,000 Kentucky kids will return to school in a few weeks, and experts said it is important to prepare them for the transition. While it may include a trip to the store for notebooks and…

As the director of the Center for Interprofessional and Community Health Education at the University of Kentucky, James Ballard knows firsthand about the physician shortage in the state and the all-encompassing efforts to change it. “Oh, we…

Bobby Clue, a University of Kentucky alumnus, has become executive director of the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce, where he has grown the organization to over 1,300 members and established significant scholarship programs for local students.

Rise STEM Academy for Girls officially opened its new state-of-the-art building on Aug. 3, featuring flexible collaborative spaces designed to serve 900 students and located at the intersection of Mason Headley and Versailles Road in Lexington.

Kentucky is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 U.S. Senate Youth Program, which will select two high school juniors or seniors to attend an intensive week-long program in Washington, D.C., in March 2026.

Residents discussed Gov. Beshear’s sassy response to Rand Paul at Fancy Farm, debated environmental concerns about AI data centers coming to Lexington, spotted vintage WWII aircraft, and fielded relocation questions from prospective newcomers.