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An Oldham County native, Driskell has said her writing has “deep Kentucky roots.” She is a poet and essayist.
Janice Mason Art Museum
The Pennyrile Regional Energy Agency, headed by former Pennyrile Electric CEO Eston Glover, is trying to build a 53-mile natural gas pipeline stretching across Todd, Christian, Trigg, Caldwell and Lyon counties.
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Lawmakers in the Republican supermajority continue negotiations to hammer out their differences and determine which bills will move forward and which will have to wait until next year.
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The appeals court ordered the arrest warrant set aside for now, finding Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson had issued an order to sentence Bevin after he filed a motion asking the state Supreme Court to remove her from his case for alleged bias.
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The Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility aims to boost domestic production of enriched uranium in the U.S. and also support cleanup efforts at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site.
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The measure was unveiled in a special-called meeting of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee Wednesday afternoon and attached to a “shell bill” that already had two readings, making it ready for a final reading and a vote by the full Senate.
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The impeachment petition against Justice Pamela Goodwine stemmed from a Supreme Court decision in December to overturn a 2022 law aimed at shifting power from the board to the superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, the state’s largest district.
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The judge entered a written order calling for the arrest of Bevin to serve 60 days in the Jefferson County Jail unless he posts a $500 cash bond and produces “financial records, bank statements, tax returns and all other documents that would show the receipt of income.”
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Pick a random bill filed in the General Assembly this year, and there’s more than a one in 10 chance the original version would be devoid of meaningful content. They’re called shell bills and here’s why Kentucky lawmakers use them so much.
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Section 23 of the state Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude “except as a punishment for a crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”
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The challenge rewards the top five drivers with cash prizes totaling $10,000.