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The Kentucky Republican, who has about 18 months left in office, differs with many in his party over tariffs and isolationism. -
The tech industry is increasingly eyeing rural communities to warehouse servers for cryptocurrency mining and data storage. In a town in rural Tennessee, locals banded together to push back on one such project. -
Walker – who was the first African-American to hold the post of poet laureate in the state – spoke with WKMS ahead of two programs he’s scheduled to be a part of in western Kentucky. -
With the filing deadline come and gone, the candidates are set for the Oct. 7 special primary election.
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Republican state Rep. Andrew Ireland says the majority party has "constitutional right" to redistrict in their favor. -
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