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A Kentucky lawmaker says he wants to renew efforts targeting diversity initiatives at colleges
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) — A Republican lawmaker has signaled plans to mount another effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky’s public universities after GOP supermajorities failed to… Read More
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A bill meant to improve math skills passes as Kentucky lawmakers reach the end of the legislative session
By: Bruce Schreiner | Dylan Lovan | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at improving the math skills of Kentucky students won final passage Monday as lawmakers considered the final stacks of bills before concluding this year’s… Read More
![Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, stands with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, right, during a ceremony in the Rotunda at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24103798089558-e1713197351609-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor’s role in filling US Senate vacancies
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to… Read More
![People stand outside the heavily damaged building of E.C.O. Builders, in the aftermath of severe storms that swept through the region in Slidell, La., Wednesday, April 10](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24101671898008-e1712858736268-900x422.jpg)
Severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley after battering the South
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ATLANTA (AP) — Severe weather rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast early Thursday, prompting a few tornado warnings, causing flash flooding, and delaying the start of one of the… Read More
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Kentucky’s governor vetoes nuclear energy legislation due to the method of selecting board members
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday vetoed legislation promoting nuclear energy in coal-producing Kentucky, but stressed his objections dealt with an advisory board and not with the use of… Read More
![Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the legislature to deliver his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chambers at the Kentucky State Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24004047769205-e1704395980822-900x422.jpg)
Governor Beshear says a budgetary cap would limit his immediate response to natural disasters in Kentucky
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear was at a podium Wednesday for a familiar scene: to discuss damage from the latest round of storms that battered Kentucky. But this time… Read More
![A tree covers a road after severe storms hit Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Cross Lanes, W.Va.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP24093596742556-e1712089608681-900x422.jpg)
Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes
By: Bruce Shipkowski | AP
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TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes…. Read More
![Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ap22157519437556_custom-9b99c3cd343918c386f3afab877d33e6c02013e6-scaled-e1654544225400-900x422.jpg)
Energy agency announces $475M in funding for clean energy projects on mine land sites
By: Bruce Schreiner | Isabella O'Malley | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political… Read More
![A row of vape devices on display at a store.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/shutterstock_1122550889-e1702502191845-900x422.jpg)
The Kentucky House passed a bill meant to crack down on electronic cigarette sales to minors
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal electronic cigarette sales to young people and keeping unauthorized vaping products out of stores won passage in the Kentucky House… Read More
![A Kroger store is shown in Cross Lanes, W.Va](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24061678474920-e1709581678842-900x422.jpg)
Union reaches a tentative contract at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Bargainers for a union representing workers at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia and two other states reached a tentative agreement with the grocery chain on… Read More
![Kentucky Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield testifies during a State and Local Government Committee meeting at the Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24065847375870-e1709747345990-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s Senate passes a bill to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for unborn children, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support. The… Read More
![A Kroger store is shown in Cross Lanes, W.Va](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24061678474920-e1709581678842-900x422.jpg)
Union rejects Kroger’s contract offer at 38 stores in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Union workers at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia and two other states have voted to reject the grocery chain’s contract proposal and give their bargaining… Read More
![Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin announces his intent to call for a recanvass of the voting results from Tuesday's gubernatorial elections during a press conference at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/AP_19310814766782-e1573231103872-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s Senate supports a constitutional change to restrict end-of-term gubernatorial pardon powers
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor’s end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by… Read More
![Kentucky state Sen. Danny Carroll unveils details of his bill to shore up and expand access to childcare in Kentucky at a press conference surrounded by people standing behind him and people sitting to his left.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AP24044731783189-e1707934556428-900x422.jpg)
A sweeping bill would expand childcare and early childhood education in Kentucky
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she’s pregnant with her first child, she says the response is often the same — especially among other… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
A Kentucky Senate committee advances a bill limiting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers plunged Thursday into the contentious issue of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on college campuses as a GOP-led Senate panel advanced a bill over… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s House boosts school spending but leaves out guaranteed teacher raises and universal pre-K
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky House endorsed higher school spending for education in its two-year state spending plan on Thursday but left out two of the Democratic governor’s… Read More
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Republican lawmakers in Kentucky offer legislation to regulate adult-oriented businesses
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers proposed making adult-oriented businesses off-limits within a block of places frequented by children as they offered legislation on Tuesday that includes a renewed effort… Read More
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Kentucky lawmakers advance a bill intended to prevent military veteran suicide
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Veteran suicide prevention legislation started advancing Tuesday as lawmakers pursue a strategy meant to better serve those who joined the military. House Bill 30, with bipartisan… Read More
![Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, speaks the Rotunda at the Kentucky State Capitol during the swearing in ceremony of the Constitutional Officers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24019754051547-e1705950342813-900x422.jpg)
A bill seeking to end early voting in Kentucky exposes divisions within Republican ranks
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has forcefully pushed back against an effort to eliminate three days of early voting in the Bluegrass State, exposing fissures… Read More
![Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams ceremoniously closes the door to the room where candidates can file for office](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24005811933913-e1704694486820-900x422.jpg)
Republicans and Democrats finalize candidate lineups for Kentucky elections in 2024
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s congressional and legislative campaigns came into focus Friday as Republicans and Democrats completed candidate lineups for 2024 elections lacking a marquee race for statewide office… Read More
![Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the legislature to deliver his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chambers at the Kentucky State Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24004047769205-e1704395980822-900x422.jpg)
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear calls for unity in GOP-leaning Kentucky to uplift the economy and education
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear reached across the partisan divide Wednesday night to urge a unified effort with Republican lawmakers to uplift education, health care and the… Read More
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A Kentucky woman seeking court approval for an abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
By: Bruce Schreiner | Kimberlee Kruesi | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday…. Read More
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A pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion
By: Bruce Schreiner | Kimberlee Kruesi | AP
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that… Read More
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Towboat owner pleads guilty to a pollution charge in the oil spill along West Virginia-Kentucky border
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The owner of a towboat that sank and resulted in pollution of a river along the West Virginia-Kentucky border pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal pollution… Read More
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Multistate search for a murder suspect ends with a hostage situation and fatal standoff at a gas station
By: Associated Press
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CEREDO, W.Va. (AP) — A man suspected of murder in Ohio and multiple carjackings in Kentucky was killed by West Virginia police in a standoff outside a gas station where… Read More
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