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Trauma, poverty, COVID-19 causing high rates of chronic absenteeism in Kentucky
The number of Kentucky youth who are chronically absent from school skyrocketed during the 2022-2023 school year. The reasons for chronic absenteeism are interconnected and complicated — and the...
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Eastern and Western Kentucky rebuilding projects get nod from House committee
FRANKFORT — A House shell bill was changed in a committee Monday afternoon to move millions of dollars from disaster relief funds into rebuilding projects in Eastern and Western...