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The move follows a request to Beshear by Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, asking for that action after President Trump issued an executive order to defer federal taxes on the fuel and allowed the fuel to be used on public roadways.

CDS is finalizing language for a data center zoning ordinance that will be forwarded to Hopkinsville City Council for its consideration.

The questions grew out of plans for a fundraiser for Rep. Jason Petrie, an Elkton Republican who chairs the House’s budget committee.

A few months ahead of the legislative session, constituents are laying out their demands.

Governors in Texas, Nebraska and Louisiana have taken steps to allow red-dyed diesel on roads. The fuel type is commonly used on farmland and is tax-exempt. 

The meeting at Hopkinsville Community College will be the second opportunity for local residents to hear discussion of the regulation proposals and comment on them.

Data centers should be negotiated, not surrendered, by communities that know what they own

Gov. Andy Beshear is redirecting $2.5 million in state housing funds to erase an estimated $250 million in medical debt for more than 130,000 Kentuckians, a move one Republican lawmaker says was not what legislators intended.

Newby said he is departing for a "step up" in his career but declined to provide details.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate Monday after a three-month medical absence following a fall and hospitalization, saying he is still recovering but plans to be present for key votes.

After the ordinance unanimously passed, Democratic Woodford County Judge-Executive James Kay told the fiscal court that the court “made it our clear, proactive commitment to Woodford County to keep us being one of the most special places on earth.”

Christian County is among the counties highlighted in the report. It says the Christian County Jail averaged 115 people in ICE custody, 82% classified as non-criminal, and that the jail does not identify ICE detainees on its public roster.