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Kyle Rittenhouse spoke at Western Kentucky University Wednesday while on a college tour sponsored by the right wing group Turning Point USA.
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Legislation to amend the Kentucky Open Records Act cleared a Senate committee despite bipartisan criticism that it would undermine government transparency, though a controversial part of the bill was rejected.
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Public K-12 schools in Kentucky could hire pastoral counselors to provide mental health services under an amended school safety bill.
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Kentucky House and Senate members will likely have some long days this week in Frankfort. Many bills will be voted on over the next four days before the break when Gov. Andy Beshear could deliver vetoes. Still to be worked out is a two-year year state budget.
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The last-minute additions include a freeze on city zoning laws, a study on the makeup of the Metro Council, and changes to the review process for LMPD complaints.
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A joint resolution that passed the House natural resources committee Thursday would direct the state’s environmental authority to defy federal rules for fossil fuel power plants.
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Lawyers and experts say the sole doctor has become the decisive voice for whether miners can receive worker’s compensation from the coal companies employing them.
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A proposed real estate transaction that came together around the time of a recent misconduct trial in Louisville Metro Council likely would have violated local law, according to the city’s Ethics Commission.
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Louisville Metro Council and mayoral elections could become nonpartisan under a bill advancing through a Senate committee Wednesday.
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The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce still leads all groups in legislative lobbying spending, though organizations buying ads to oppose the “Safer Kentucky Act” and pharmaceutical bills closed the gap.
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Language put in the main budget bill by the Kentucky Senate would set conditions to unlock funding to oversee the state's medical cannabis program, which is scheduled to take effect at the start of 2025.
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Louisville Public Media’s former energy and environment reporter will lead statewide politics coverage and manage a collaboration of Kentucky public radio stations.