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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The first phase of health-care reopenings includes non-urgent, non-emergency and diagnostic services.
Eights guests who represent the state's health and business interests are scheduled to appear on the show.
The State Board of Elections is also working on a plan to allow limited in-person voting.
During city council's Tuesday meeting, officials discussed how the coronavirus pandemic could affect revenue in the 2020-21 budget.
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Kentucky did not have a felony strangulation crime until 2019 when the legislature created it. Goforth voted in favor of the legislation.
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The public may view the meeting through a livestream on the city's website or on the city's Facebook page.
This is the second lawsuit stemming from the coronavirus pandemic to come out of northern Kentucky.
The protesters shouted various chants, including “We want to work,” “Families are essential,” “Let freedom ring” and, finally, “We will be back.”
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The president has long advocated for the Postal Service to raise the prices it charges online services like Amazon to deliver goods, often to hard-to-reach rural areas.
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Republican leadership in the House wants to look at “protocols” occupational licensing boards and trade associations could use to determine what non-essential businesses would be safe to reopen.
Beshear had said that lawmakers should have waited until next year to pass a voter ID bill after the coronavirus crisis had passed.
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Beshear said he didn’t veto specific spending items, but only language that would limit his flexibility during the coronavirus pandemic.