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Local government news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Kentucky’s attorney general reversed course Wednesday, saying landowners can hunt and fish on their own farmland without a license — even if they don’t live there.
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A spokesperson for McConnell said the U.S. senator had checked himself into a hospital out of caution “after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend.”
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Tuesday’s event included speakers from all three branches of government, including Democratic Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller and several Democratic and Republican state legislators. 
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City officials are looking at several options, including expensive repairs, closing the facility for good, or converting it to a new use
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Kentucky requires water utilities serving more than 3,000 customers to add low levels of fluoride to drinking water.
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About 90% of Kentuckians live within five miles of a community pharmacy while the state faces a shortage of primary care physicians.
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Republicans in the Kentucky Senate gave priority status to a bill that could return driver’s license renewals back to county offices, citing long wait times at regional offices.
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Housing advocates have renewed a call for more funding to build more housing.
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The candidate filing deadline passed Friday in Kentucky, with Democrats again leaving many General Assembly races unchallenged to the Republican supermajority.
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A Republican lawmaker has filed two bills designed to keep naturalized Americans and those with dual citizenship from serving in local or state elected offices in Kentucky.
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