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As part of the Affordable Connectivity Program, 20 internet service providers will lower costs to no more than $30 a month or increase speeds to at least 100 megabits per second.
Rural women are more likely than their urban peers to be impoverished, less likely to have the time or money to drive long distances across state lines to obtain an abortion, and more likely to face stigma over the decision to end a pregnancy.
A conservative dark money group is influencing public welfare laws in Kentucky, and advocates say it could have a detrimental impact on access to benefits for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
Beshear said he and his family will carry masks with them to the Derby and use them as needed, and that was his advice for others: use a mask if they feel uncomfortable. 
A National Education Association report says the average starting teacher salary in Kentucky is $37,373, compared to the estimated $49,324 cost of living for one adult and one child in an affordable metro area.
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Selected works will be featured in two main halls of the Capitol for six months.
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Economists, financial markets and others are concerned that rising rates could send the economy into recession.
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A draft opinion published Monday night by Politico would strike down the decision that has guaranteed the right to an abortion until a fetus can live outside the womb.
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The colt Epicenter is a rare Kentucky-bred thoroughbred in the Derby to come from outside the Louisville and Lexington regions.
Twenty-three states have voluntary agreements to implement monarch butterfly conservation measures. Kentucky is not among them.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy has claimed ownership of the statue, but a judge ruled it belongs to Daviess Fiscal Court