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The money would be in farmers’ hands by the end of February, according to the administration.
farmland
Webster County native Lambert Ray Tapp joined the Navy in Louisville on March 6, 1940, and ended up on the battleship Arizona, one of the largest and most powerful warships afloat.
Landscape
University of Kentucky refuses to release emails referring to faculty leader who challenged administration plan.
With the GOP-led legislature poised to revisit Kentucky’s income tax rate in January, Gov. Andy Beshear is urging lawmakers to honor the fiscal “guardrails” they put in place two years ago. Republican leaders say they’re weighing whether conditions allow another tax cut, even as state revenues flatten and budget pressures grow.
headshots of stivers and beshear
REAL ID enforcement took effect on May 7, requiring anyone flying domestically or visiting a military base to present a REAL ID-compliant credential.
Real ID sample
Gov. Beshear says federal government should be "fighting hunger, not causing it."
snap benefits sign
The largest donation in school history — $150 million from The Bill Gatton Foundation — is earmarked to create the arts district.
UK arts district
Energy policy experts say LIHEAP, a federal heat assistance program, isn’t enough to address growing energy poverty.
heat smokestacks
Research shows the state needs more than 200,000 housing units — a gap that could grow to more than 287,000 units by 2029.
home framing
A University of Kentucky professor said the research has the potential to someday prevent millions of cases of Alzheimer’s in humans.
Lance Johnson