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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared to reject some of the proposed foreign aid cuts, arguing they eroded American influence around the world.
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Senate leaders are unsure if a special session will be needed before January to address storm damage.
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U.S. Senate proposals would shutter some Kentucky hospitals, warns state hospital association chief.
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kentucky over a regulation that gives “an undocumented alien” in-state tuition if they graduated from a Kentucky high school.
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Cory Alexander, a former finance director for the city of Madisonville, will serve as Hopkinsville's administrative budget officer.
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America is inching toward means-testing for disabled veterans benefits. We shouldn’t treat our honorably discharged military personnel like beggars.
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The mega-bill would pull the rug from under the U.S. solar industry just as it begins to catch up with China, according to an industry expert.
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The bill bars public colleges and universities from having DEI offices or having DEI officers.
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FEMA recommends filing insurance claims for any property damage before applying.
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McConnell, the longest serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky history, spoke to the Bowling Green Rotary Club on Wednesday.
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Kentucky is among several states in recent years that have put together initiatives to attract nuclear developments to their part of the country.
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Task forces are typically formed by a resolution of the House or Senate and make recommendations about legislation to consider the following year. 
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