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Feeling stuffy in that echo chamber?
Last Friday, I ran into the Anderson County judge-executive at Five Star where we were both getting gas. I had not seen him in a year. He smiled big...
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Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed executive orders making Juneteenth an executive branch holiday and protecting natural hairstyles like braids, locs and twists from discrimination. Both Democrat and Republican...
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Field is set for open seats in the Kentucky General Assembly
The race is on for nine open seats in the Kentucky General Assembly, while some legislative races were decided in Tuesday’s primary, though not by many voters. Statewide, turnout...
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Poll shows GOP voters in Kentucky support gun safety measure, Westerfield assures Senate
FRANKFORT — In what he said could be his last speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Whitney Westerfield assured his colleagues that “the politics … are safe” to support...
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Beshear vetoes bill outlawing ranked-choice voting in Kentucky, but that’s not why
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill that received a late addition to outlaw ranked-choice voting in Kentucky. However, Beshear singled out another provision in House Bill 44 as...
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Senate approves retroactive child support for months of pregnancy
FRANKFORT — A bill that would allow Kentuckians to collect child support payments for fetuses as long as there is an order in place within a year of birth passed...
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Republican files bill to protect in vitro fertilization in Kentucky
FRANKFORT — Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield, a staunch opponent of abortion, filed a bill Wednesday aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization in Kentucky. Senate Bill 373, which...
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Kentuckians could collect child support for months of pregnancy under advancing bill
FRANKFORT — A bill paving the way for Kentuckians to collect child support for fetuses as long as there is an order in place within a year of a...