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The Bowling Green-based International Center of Kentucky has only been able to secure housing for about half of the 140 refugees who have arrived from Afghanistan.
Local communities could enact ordinances to keep children from being exposed to the products, such as buffer zones for sales of vaping products near schools.
Kentucky is expected to receive approximately $400 million in federal funds for this special allocation.
The monument has attracted protests for more than a year over whether it should be removed from courthouse property.
The decision came from U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, of Louisiana’s western district, and applies to the entire country.
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The ruling is a preliminary win for Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who joined other states suing to block the mandate.
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According to a 2020 poll by the Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky, 59% of Kentuckians support legalizing cannabis for adults and 90% support legalizing it for medical use.
The public will have about a week to see the maps — which have been drawn behind closed doors — before lawmakers expect to adopt them.
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Rural households are paying an average of 5.2 percent more of their post-tax income because of inflation, compared to 3.5% of metropolitan households.
Booker, a former Democratic state representative, is trying to unseat Kentucky’s junior Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul at the ballot box next year.
Kentucky tourism has slowly recovered, but industry advocates want a jump start of federal relief money to help market the state.
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