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The GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly has backed adding a statue of longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell to a prominent location in the state Capitol. However, not everyone loves the idea.
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The 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.
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Maple syrup producers across Kentucky opened their farms to visitors over the weekend as they started to tap trees to harvest the sticky, sweet commodity.
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A Kentucky House committee passed a bill Wednesday that would put restrictions on how law enforcement agencies use and keep data they collect from controversial license plate readers.
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Fewer Kentuckians have health insurance through kynect after subsidies that helped millions of Americans afford health insurance expired late last year but the decline is not as drastic as advocates had feared.
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A fight is brewing over Tennessee legislation designed to bring more transparency to the state’s new private-school voucher program.
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A United Campus Workers of Kentucky board member says a bill now under consideration in the state House that would let public universities lay off educators – including those with tenure – for financial reasons could be “devastating” for the commonwealth’s academic community.
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As legislators work their way through a bare bones budget, school superintendents are asking for full funding for transportation and construction.
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Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed starting on Wednesday, raising alarm throughout the increasingly desperate community.
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Woods said Tuesday he is stepping away to seek treatment, four days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. He will miss the Masters for the second straight year.
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Trump's executive order seeks to create lists of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state and instruct the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to verified voters.
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As the war in Iran enters its second month, and President Trump signals an end to the war, many Iranians are urging the U.S and Israel to keep striking their country.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Ophir Falk, foreign policy adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, about his country's stance on war with Iran and Hezbollah.
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Trump responded to the ruling by complaining that the National Trust for Historic Preservation doesn't appreciate his efforts at "sprucing up" Washington's buildings.