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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

KSU was one of a slew of public colleges and universities that presented their needs to the legislature’s Capital Planning Advisory Board.
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An independent analysis found that Kentucky will suffer the biggest hit of any state — a decline of $10 billion in Medicaid payments to rural providers over 10 years as 130,000 rural Kentuckians are expected to lose their Medicaid coverage.
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The president previously approved expedited disaster assistance for individuals and local governments for the February floods and individual assistance for the April floods and May tornadoes. 
Long-planned Kentucky State Capitol renovations are pushing Frankfort lawmakers into temporary chambers. The renovations are estimated to stretch for three years.
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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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