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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Kentucky’s five Republican constitutional officers urged Beshear’s health cabinet to reinstate the contract Sunrise Children's Service, which refused to sign a new contract because of a clause that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The Fitch Ratings agency says Kentucky will likely still have challenges going forward, including slow economic growth and massive pension obligations crowding out state spending.
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The Senate Republican Leader, during a meeting in Hopkinsville, spoke about a scaled-down infrastructure package and other topics, including inflation, a shortage of workers and funding for LBL.
Quarles, a Republican, is in his second term as agriculture commissioner and has been one of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s chief critics throughout the pandemic.
Biden has proposed paying for the package, in part, by increasing the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%. The rate was lowered from 35% to 21% in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
City council will considering the 2021-22 spending plan during Committee of the Whole meetings later in the month.
Bob Babbage, who served as Kentucky's secretary of state and state auditor, will be host in charge of the picnic's political speeches.
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The league is trying to get members of the public to contact state lawmakers before they begin drawing new legislative districts.
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After May 3, 2023, a REAL ID rather than a standard driver's license will be required for commercial air travel and to visit federal buildings and military installations.
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Kentucky’s population increased only slightly since 2010—from about 4.4 million to 4.5 million people.
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Cameron, in a Sunday appearance on Fox News, accused President Joe Biden of throwing fuel on the fire in remarks after the Derek Chauvin verdict in Minnesota.
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