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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

With food insecurity rising, Kentucky continues to aggressively investigate individuals on fraud allegations, with some legal experts claiming they rely too much on faulty evidence.
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Kentucky’s budget situation is such that a $305 million shortfall presents no cause for alarming spending cuts.
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The finding is the sixth time this year the GAO has determined the Trump administration violated the Impoundment Control Act.
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Advocates for saving the East Ninth Street building told the mayor and council members that professionals in historic properties ought to be consulted, too.
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Watson, who has worked for the city's water utility for 28 years, will retire at the end of the year.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether public business conducted on a private device should still fall under the state’s open record laws.
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Kentucky tax revenues fell $7.5 million short of what was needed in the past fiscal year to trigger cutting the income tax to 3% in 2027.
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U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie and James Comer are central players in the controversy over releasing investigative files in the case of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Kentucky’s Andy Beshear is among those challenging the cancellation of resilience funding.
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Lt. Nathan Stewart's features members of HFD Battalion I in scenes styled like a sitcom trailer to highlight the “camaraderie and spirit within the fire department."
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Under Kentucky’s Constitution, people who are convicted of a felony require a pardon from the governor in order to vote. Through a bipartisan effort, two lawmakers are seeking an amendment to change that.
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