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The proposals will be considered during the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January.

Local communities could enact ordinances to keep children from being exposed to the products, such as buffer zones for sales of vaping products near schools.

Kentucky is expected to receive approximately $400 million in federal funds for this special allocation.

According to a 2020 poll by the Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky, 59% of Kentuckians support legalizing cannabis for adults and 90% support legalizing it for medical use.

The public will have about a week to see the maps — which have been drawn behind closed doors — before lawmakers expect to adopt them.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield, a Republican from Crofton and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he was “stupefied” that police can’t get search warrants for some DUI cases.

Alison Lundergan Grimes, a onetime Democratic rising star and subject of a ProPublica series, is accused of using state resources for her political advantage.