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LEXINGTON — Republicans will quickly move to keep lowering Kentucky’s income tax when the legislature convenes in January, while changes in the local tax system would be far more challenging to achieve, legislative leaders said Monday.

Lawmakers studying artificial intelligence are urging steps to protect the integrity of Kentuckians’ elections and the privacy of their data.

With the election of Kentucky’s first Black female justice, Pamela Goodwine, women will hold four of the court’s seven seats. Additionally, the court will be led by the first female chief justice, Deputy Chief Justice Debra Lambert, starting in January.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is joining other Democrats in calling for the U.S. president to be elected by popular vote, saying the country needs to “move to a place where seven states don’t decide the presidency.”

Kentucky’s Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams told lawmakers it’s “too soon” to tell what effect artificial intelligence will have on elections but that it has “potential for significant impact,” and he urged them to consider making it a crime to impersonate an election official.

Professors in the South are increasingly worried about political interference in higher education, according to a new survey released by southern chapters of the American Association of University Professors.

With three years left in office, the Democratic governor has a list of priorities. The Legislature’s Republican supermajority has other ideas.

FRANKFORT — A year into his presidency, Koffi Akakpo is optimistic that Kentucky State University will enroll significantly more students this fall.

In a Tuesday interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with correspondent Pamela Brown, Gov. Andy Beshear said seeking clarification about the president’s health isn’t an attack on his candidacy, but something Americans would respond to positively.

Kentucky governor says he will support the president ‘as long as he continues to be in the race’