Regional & State

UK HealthCare has powerful debt collection tools at its disposal thanks to its partnership with the Department of Revenue, which can garnish wages, levy bank accounts or intercept tax returns to get at money allegedly owed to the university — all without a court order.

NWS officials spoke at a workshop Thursday in Paducah about what weather models revealed leading up to the night of Dec. 10, and the effectiveness of storm warnings.

If passed, the legislation would reduce the average monthly food assistance benefit by about $100 for 544,000 Kentuckians.

Among the provisions, the bill would eliminate what’s known as “broad-based categorical eligibility” which is what allows cabinet officials to qualify Kentuckians for SNAP benefits automatically if they qualify for other forms of public assistance, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Forty-four states including Kentucky implement broad-based categorical eligibility.

One analyst noted that when Richard Nixon decreed year-round daylight time in 1973, Americans said they liked it the idea, but changed their minds when it took effect.

The Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library has been involved with the Imagination Program for 12 years.

The Old Capitol building is the third of four buildings that have housed the Kentucky legislature since 1792. Now a museum, it is operated by the Kentucky Historical Society.

As we celebrate Sunshine Week, the Kentucky Open Government Coalition has a reminder.

Christian County's Farmer of the Year will be announced at the event, slated for Tuesday, March 22.

Bills moving through the General Assembly include legislation that would ban public entities from asking amployees and applicants about their vaccination status, as well as a proposal to give a religious exemption if an employer requires workers to be immunized against any disease.

The legislation would give county fiscal courts some increased power in library board appointments.

A bill that would allow doctors to prescribe cannabis was approved Thursday by a state House committee — in part because of new support from Sen. Whitney Westerfield of Crofton.