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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The efforts come in response to a 2024 Healthy Minds Study that showed 68% of surveyed KCTCS students had depression and 66% had anxiety.
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County officials are setting up a two-stage bid process that will be announced soon, said Judge-Executive Jerry Gilliam
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Under the proposal, nearly all abortions, except those to save a patient’s life, would be banned at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.
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The goal is to identify more scams, help report them, and get people their money back.
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A lawsuit complaint states that Kentucky has been denied access to about $18 million in federal funds for electric vehicle chargers.
EV charging station
Customers have embraced electric vehicles; policy changes may decrease that interest but will not eliminate it.
Coleman did not attend the annual church picnic in West Kentucky Saturday, but she was one of the speakers at a recent Marshall County event.
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The federal agency denied individual assistance for Christian and Todd counties and public assistance for Leslie County.
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With only one Democrat attending and some GOP leaders missing, some worry the annual picnic’s relevancy is declining.
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The Kentucky Chamber reports 45% fewer housing permits have been issued from 2008 to 2023.
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