Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wants President Donald Trump to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.
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In several states, Democrats took control of legislatures that had been divided and they weakened GOP dominance in others. Issues on the agenda: More access to health care, new limits on school vouchers.
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As workplaces grapple with the implications and possibilities of artificial intelligence, one Kentucky professional has staked a hard position: a religious exemption from using it in his work.
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Republicans still hold the majority of Kentucky’s congressional seats and a commanding majority in the General Assembly, but faced pushback from voters for the first time in years.
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Black lung disease rates among some miners are now at their highest since the 1970s. Watch a video drawn from ‘Coal’s Human Cost,’ a documentary from FRONTLINE, NPR, Public Health Watch and the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom.
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Tennessee Republicans spent $3 million for an all-GOP delegation in Congress. She upended that plan with less than $100,000.
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Republican Congressman James Comer won re-election this week for a sixth term serving Kentucky’s First Congressional District. But signs seem to be pointing toward the GOP lawmaker hitting the campaign trail again soon in a potential bid to be Kentucky’s next governor.
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Kentucky's measles outbreak continues to grow during one of the worst years regarding illness in the U.S. this century.
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A federal judge on Saturday ordered a two-week delay to any work at a historic Washington public golf course not far from the White House.
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Some college football games were delayed a few hours on Saturday or postponed to Sunday. And in Oklahoma at least, there will be perks for fans to make up for the inconvenience, including cheap beers.
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A new Florida law that prohibits taxpayer dollars from going toward diversity initiatives has prompted Delray Beach to cancel its St. Patrick's Day parade after a nearly 60-year run.
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The U.S. has lost its status as a country where measles is eliminated, according to researchers with direct knowledge of the deliberations at the Pan American Health Organization.
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The company's spacecraft returned to its Texas launchpad in dramatic fashion — by carefully lowering itself until two metal arms attached to the launch tower could secure it.
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Democrats from across the country descended on Denver for a two-day conference to chart the course of their party after sweeping victories in the midterm elections.