Now that the federal government shutdown is over, Kentucky is working to issue full SNAP benefits to the 600,000 residents who receive food assistance.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
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As what’s expected to be a jam-packed legislative session in the Bluegrass State approaches, lawmakers on Kentucky’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force met Thursday to finalize their recommendations for the 2026 General Assembly.
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A new report from the American Lung Association found that Kentucky has the highest rate of new lung cancer cases in the nation.
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Two journalists were charged with felony rioting in July after a demonstration on the Roebling Suspension Bridge.
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Kentucky GOP Congressman Thomas Massie has secured the petition signatures needed to force a vote on releasing all Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein.
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Over multiple school years, Northwest High School teacher Megan Clegg developed an unused outdoor classroom space into a small livestock operation with lambs, steer, rabbits and bees on site, allowing students to get their hands dirty and experience a working farm.
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Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found.
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Rural school district superintendents are trying to find the best use of limited resources. Taking on the state's unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.
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Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming.
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More women are planning to deck the halls in rented fashion this year, just as inflation and tariffs are poised to push clothing prices higher.
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On a trip to Chicago, Lavonne Schaafsma lost her purse. Two women saw a man rifling through it — and stepped in to help.
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NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
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Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women.