Regional & State

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At least 29 states have passed "name, image, likeness" policy. Pressure is increasing for Congress to pass national legislation to prevent a patchwork of different policies across the country.
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Last year, Kentucky passed a law that helps insulate the state from predatory competition, which can put drugstores out of business.
Thanksgiving will be here in less than two weeks. Looking to lighten your workload? Several local restaurants are offering takeout and dine-in options.
The show will air at 7:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 12.
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Yarmuth chairs the U.S. House Budget Committee and is one of the Build Back Better bill’s main architects. McConnell is the chief signal caller of the effort to block it in the evenly-divided Senate.
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Candidates — including incumbent lawmakers seeking re-election — won’t know what their districts look like unless new maps are passed into law within the first four days of next year’s legislative session.
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The governor wants to increase starting pay for state troopers from $40,000 per year to $55,000 and also fund an $8,000 raise for dispatchers, who currently start at $24,000 per year.
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Brown, who has served on the board since 2013, was sworn in during the society's annual meeting on Friday.
The senator said the bill could pave the way to fix the aging Brent Spence Bridge connecting Northern Kentucky to Ohio.
The new rule would require workplaces with 100 or more employees to have workers fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.
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Energy analysts say the short-term boost won’t continue as coal-fired power plants continue to be retired and natural gas prices begin to fall from the current spike.