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The number of local news outlets is continuing to decline nationwide and in Kentucky, even as some philanthropists have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to support local news.
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Illinois’ attorney general has released the results of a sweeping investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, saying investigators found that 451 clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950. That's far more than the 103 individuals the church had named when the state review began in 2018.
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Tennessee groups and agencies are collaborating throughout April to help formerly incarcerated people and justice-involved individuals — a term some agencies use to describe anyone who has ever been charged with a crime — find jobs and get legal aid.
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The world now knows them as the Tennessee Three. But just a few weeks ago, not many people outside of the state knew of Democratic Reps. Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson and Gloria Johnson. The Republican supermajority’s decision to expel the group over a gun control protest they held that broke House rules elevated them to political superstardom.
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A dozen candidates are jockeying for the GOP nomination and the opportunity to retake the governor's mansion from Democrats. On Friday night, voters met the top five GOP hopefuls at the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner in Bowling Green.
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The City of Paducah has settled an ongoing legal matter with city commissioner David Guess, fully reinstating Guess to the city’s Board of Commissioners after elected officials unanimously voted to remove Guess from his position in January over a charge of misconduct.
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Tennessee’s House of Representatives voted to expel two Democratic lawmakers Thursday for their roles in demonstrations in favor of gun control legislation last week at the state capitol.
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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $3 million to Murray State University’s College of Education and Human Services and West Kentucky Educational Cooperative to place mental health providers in several western Kentucky school districts.
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Tennessee’s strict limits on drag shows will not take effect Saturday after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction the night before. The decision sides with a theater company that claimed the law violates the First Amendment.
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Sexton went on a new talk program on FM 98.7, saying Thursday’s protests were “maybe worse” than Jan. 6.
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Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday that two manufacturing companies will invest over $725 million to open two new plants in Hopkinsville.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking steps to repatriate the remains of nearly 5,000 Native Americans.