Government

Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill 151 with bipartisan support. More than a year later, it still hasn’t been implemented. While the state says they don’t have the funds to implement, lawmakers say their spending proves otherwise.
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The federal-state Medicaid program pays for almost 1 in 3 Kentuckians’ health care.
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Representatives of SBA, FEMA and Red Cross have temporary offices at the Murray State University Hopkinsville Regional Campus.
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Local officials will offer information about building and floodplain permits needed for repairing or rebuilding flood-damaged structures. 
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As tariffs and trade deals seem to change and shift day by day, Kentucky businesses are scrambling to figure out a strategy. Meanwhile, a few of Kentucky’s federal lawmakers have been some of the most outspoken conservative opposition to the president’s economic platform.
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A question and answer session will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Hopkinsville Municipal Center.
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Kentucky has had no executions since 2008. Attorney General Russell Coleman wants that to change.
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The Trump administration’s planned cuts for the Department of Veterans Affairs includes slashing some 80,000 jobs.
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One superintendent said she signed the form "with great disgust and sadness."
The Executive Branch Ethics Commission will not appeal last month’s unanimous decision by the Kentucky Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court order that cleared Alison Lundergan Grimes of any wrongdoing.
Knight said his proposed budget "prioritizes quality of life, public safety, economic development, city cleanliness and staff support."
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The U.S. Appeals Court for the 9th Circuit upheld the lower court’s ruling Friday.
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