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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Those on the frontlines of disaster recovery laud the funding but say the need for affordable housing will remain.
The ad doesn't have attacks on any of the other GOP candidates in the May 16 primary.
Quarles at Fancy Farm feature
The Supreme Court is the latest court to take up the question of regulating a medication used for abortions.
A new law could be used to "avoid a fair and impartial judge, rather than to avoid a biased one," a Franklin Circuit judge wrote.
Supreme Court door
Because the state declined the up to $3 million in planning funds, Kentucky’s three largest metro areas — Louisville, Lexington and Bowling Green — are eligible to receive the state’s share of grant funding.
The attorney general, who is the frontrunner in the Republican primary, still got a good bit of attention in the Kentucky Sports Radio debate.
KSR debate
Kentucky Senate Minority Floor Leader Gerald Neal, expressed optimism that Republican lawmakers in Kentucky will sit down for an “honest and factual” discussion of ideas and “proven methodologies” for stemming the gun-related bloodshed.
Ky Black caucus guns
Daniel Cameron will miss the Kentucky Sports Radio debate on Wednesday.
Paducah GOP gov debate
The Department of Transportation wants to focus on rural areas previously left out of infrastructure projects. But some wildlife experts say a lot more money is needed to decrease the number of animals hit every year on roads.
deer in car mirror
The Justice Department said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing access to the abortion medication mifepristone.
mifepristone abortion pill
The same type of disaster declaration isn't likely coming for the March 31 storm because that weather event was not widespread across the state.
March 3 storm feature