Proposed hyperscale data centers across Kentucky have sparked local opposition. Some candidates are now trying to harness voter frustration with the AI facilities this election.
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Millions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions.
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As Murray State University leaders work on preparing a budget for the next fiscal year, the school’s board of regents on Friday signed off on the hirings of two people who will oversee finances and procurement procedures on an interim basis.
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A parade of Democrats rallied for U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker in Louisville on the first two days of early voting as he vies with Congressman Andy Barr to replace longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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It's the largest measles outbreak in Kentucky since 1991, according to health officials.
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More than one-third of Tennessee’s 35,000 private school voucher recipients live in just 20 ZIP codes, most of them wealthy and majority white, according to data obtained by Chalkbeat Tennessee.
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Election Day is Tuesday, and Kentucky voters across the state will decide whether to amend the constitution to limit the governor’s powers and vote in competitive races for the General Assembly.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced on Thursday that it had accepted General Matter’s application for the company’s planned $1.5 billion uranium enrichment facility on the grounds of the U.S. Department of Energy site in McCracken County that housed the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
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Lifting wallets was part of Turturro's training for the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. In it, he plays a small-time thief who's also the primary caretaker for his ailing wife.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a last-minute request from the Department of Justice to wade into its unprecedented feud with California over the state's voter rolls.
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What happens in California could shape how America taxes the superrich. But will its billionaire tax fill state coffers — or drain them?
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The districts that will decide control of the House and Senate next year are spread across the country. Voting officials in those places may face scrutiny and pressure they've never experienced.
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Some of the key storylines to watch will center around various voters groups that have soured on President Trump during his second turn out.
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Colleges are trying to transform an admissions process that has often been daunting, secretive and stressful into an experience that's open, easier — and downright friendly.