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Sylvia Goodman/KPRThe Kentucky General Assembly’s GOP supermajority waited until the final day before the veto period to pass a two-year state budget and a bill spending $1.7 billion on specific projects. -
Bud Kraft/LRC Public InformationThe clock is ticking as the GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly races to pass bills ahead of the governor’s veto period this week. On Tuesday they advanced bills addressing pesticides, Medicaid spending, elections and more.
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Senate Bill 8 would limit the role of groups such as the Sierra Club in cases before the Kentucky Public Service Commission. -
Details are emerging about six soldiers killed in Kuwait in an Iranian strike. Several Kentucky politicians made misleading statements about their ties to Kentucky. -
The proposed constitutional amendment would allow for summaries of future amendments instead of full text if voters approve. -
They are presenting “Shifting Landscapes: A Photographic Chronicle of Humanity and Nature in western Kentucky” this week as part of the university’s Humanities+ lecture series, funded by the Kentucky Art Council and the Kentucky Historical Society. -
As immigration enforcement in Tennessee faces increased scrutiny, state lawmakers want to further limit what records of ICE operations are open to the public. -
The makeup of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, which regulates utility companies, would change and the governor’s appointment power would be weakened under Senate Bill 8.
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The Homeland Security Department has lifted its total ban on reviewing asylum applications, a pause that affected millions of cases. The pause remains in effect for about 40 countries. -
The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal agencies cited the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect animals. -
Worlds marks the last competition of the 2025-2026 season. Skaters have some time to go on tour, rest up and learn new routines before the next season starts in July. -
On Wednesday, the crew of NASA's Artemis II could blast off on a mission around the moon and back. No astronaut has ventured out to the moon since the 1970s. -
President Trump claims that there is no automatic guarantee to birthright citizenship in the Constitution. But, will that claim hold up in court? -
NPR has confirmed that at least two U.S. E-3 Sentry aircraft were damaged and more than a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an Iranian missile and drone attack in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
