The 2025 session of the Kentucky legislature may have ended in March, but businesses and advocacy groups still spent $10 million lobbying lawmakers in the subsequent five months.
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Members of a union representing federal workers said it has been waiting for guidance from the CDC and its parent agency on whether telework will be considered an accommodation under its revised policy.
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As Tennessee soybean farmers harvest their crop after a difficult growing season, they are facing a farm economy that resembles “death by a thousand cuts,” Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council Executive Director Stefan Maupin said.
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Former Secret Service agent Logan Forsythe, a Democrat, told Kentucky Public Radio he is getting into the U.S. Senate race to fight for the social programs he relied on growing up.
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A Kentucky judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to make the Cabinet for Health and Family Services implement a 2024 unfunded law — which intended to help kinship care families — and cooperate with a related investigation.
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Edgar spent his post-political career focused on developing government leaders
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Apple is putting its trust in a Kentucky plant that will become the exclusive producer of cover glass for every iPhone and Apple Watch sold. Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. said Friday it plans to triple production capacity at its plant in Harrodsburg and increase the workforce by 50%.
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President Donald Trump’s decision to send the national guard to Memphis has been met with praise from Republicans in Washington, D.C., but closer to home, the response has been more tepid.
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Authorities say the five officers were following up on an investigation that was "domestic related."
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Greenfield said the Vermont ice cream maker "has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power" by Unilever, the multinational corporation that bought Ben & Jerry's in 2000.
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The superstar, whose 31-concert residency in Puerto Rico is set to end this weekend, is up for 12 Latin Grammys, including three major awards he's never won: album, song and record of the year.
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The National Park Service faced a deadline this week to address signs that "inappropriately disparage" historical figures. One target is George Washington's house in Philadelphia, where he held enslaved people.
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In its 12th week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters finally hits No. 1. Elsewhere on the charts, Justin Bieber zooms back into the top 10 thanks to a deluxe edition and sombr's debut makes a move
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