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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

As the top elected Republican in the nation, McConnell will have to decide whether to support a Senate vote to convict Trump on charges that he incited an insurrection.
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Mayor Wendell Lynch presented the appointments in executive orders.
Council member Alethea West asked if the city could develop a way to bring members of the public into video segments for comments during virtual meetings.
Gov. Andy Beshear authorized the Kentucky National Guard to join state police is protecting the Capitol grounds and nearby neighborhoods.
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The first doses have gone to health care workers and, more recently, Christian County school staff, as local health officials gradually open vaccinations to local residents who fall within the next phase of the state's distribution plan.
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Lawmakers usually pass a budget every two years, but they only passed a one-year budget last year amid financial uncertainty at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield, of Crofton, said Franklin Circuit shouldn’t have “outsized significance.”
The committee was formed in response to a petition from four men who reside in Grayson, Mercer, Bullitt and Fayette counties.
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One bill would allow local control of tobacco policies that were taken away in 1996 when cigarette manufacturers lobbied to pre-empt local control as a way to overturn existing local laws and prevent future community measures to reduce tobacco use.
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The legislature, which waived rules normally allowing the public to review and comment on bills, gave final passage to a bill that would limit Beshear’s emergency orders to 30 days unless the legislature votes to extend them.
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The governor proposed paying for the new spending by using more than $600 million in one-time funds, largely from federal CARES Act money.
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The Kentucky House has passed a bill that would allow businesses and schools to reopen during COVID as long as they follow federal guidelines.
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