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A bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public colleges and universities passed out of the Senate Wednesday. It’s likely to head to the governor’s desk once the House concurs.
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European wines, champagne and other beverages could face heavy tariffs if Trump follows through with this threat.
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A bill allowing Tennessee public schools to exclude children without legal immigration status cleared a House subcommittee Tuesday as protestors gathered outside the hearing room chanting “stop hurting kids” and “shame on you.” -
An opponent of a bill to eliminate DEI in higher education has filed a complaint over a committee hearing they say violated open meetings laws, but Republican leadership says it won’t hamper the bill’s progress. -
With little notice, Kentucky’s GOP is pushing sweeping changes to the state’s budget trigger system for annual tax cuts, as well as business tax incentives. -
A bill passed the House on Tuesday to create a new state emergency fund to aid Kentuckians who suffered in the recent severe storms and flooding in February. -
FRANKFORT — Medicaid — the federal-state program that provides health care to almost 1.5 million Kentuckians — is on the chopping block in Washington and could soon come under examination in Frankfort. -
A bill that would give Kentucky’s public universities an additional path to firing tenured professors has cleared a Senate committee, moving one step closer to final passage.
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While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
