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Tuesday was the last day the Republican-led legislature can pass bills and still have the chance to override any vetoes issued by Beshear, a Democrat. Lawmakers will return to consider veto overrides during the final two days of the legislative session on March 29 and 30.

The Pennyroyal Arts Council created an online exhibit for this year's observance of Youth Art Month.

An early report from MSU President Bob Jackson indicated students of the university were not involved in the Tuesday morning shooting.

The amounts range from more than $13 million for the county to $40,000 for the town of LaFayette.

A Columbia University study found that the tax credit, if made permanent, could cut the nation's child poverty rate in half.

The fair will return with a full schedule following last year's cancellation because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pendleton announced she will become executive director of the Fort Campbell Strong Defense Alliance.

The pandemic was later in getting to rural areas, but when it did, it found a vulnerable population that was sicker, older and has less access to health care, several reports have noted.

The vendor fair will be March 27.

Louis DeJoy acknowledged that there are still "extreme delays" in some mail deliveries and said a 10-year strategic plan will revise existing service standards.

Cabinet for Health and Family Services Inspector General Adam Mather encouraged potential visitors to get vaccinated, and said those who haven't been will be required to have a negative test within 72 hours of the visit.

The bill would make it a Class B misdemeanor if someone “accosts, insults, taunts, or challenges a law enforcement officer with offensive or derisive words, or by gestures or other physical contact, that would have a direct tendency to provoke a violent response from the perspective of a reasonable and prudent person.”