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Western Kentucky University professor emeritus Tamela Williams Smith, who grew up in Trigg County, will be the guest speaker.
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The Department for Aging and Independent Living has informed area development districts the state can no longer provide additional assistance to support senior meal programs that have expanded significantly in recent years.
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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says the state can restrict pharmacy benefit managers from steering business to their own chains.
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The majority of Kentuckians who get their health insurance through the state exchange, called kynect, benefit from the enhanced tax subsidies — roughly 83,000 out of 97,000 people who signed up during the last open enrollment period.
Stars and Stripes reports that word came down Tuesday that athletics and other extracurricular activities, which had been canceled because of the shutdown, could resume.
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NPR’s Steve Inskeep interviewed Beshear on “Morning Edition” last week, and Washington Monthly just published an article headlined “Why Andy Beshear Is a First-Tier Presidential Contender.”
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Gonyea has covered multiple presidential campaigns, traveled internationally to report on diplomacy and global events, and filed stories from locations including Moscow, Beijing, London, and Hanoi.
The $345,544 grant, part of a $79.2 million USDA investment nationwide, helps Kentucky fund projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the state and support specialty crop growers through marketing, education, and research.
McGrath, who joins three Democrats vying for the open U.S. Senate seat and at least three Republicans, wrote on social media that “democracy was under siege” and “cowards in Washington are bowing to Donald Trump.”
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Here's a guide to what’s open, what’s closed and what might be delayed during the federal government shutdown.
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Extracurriculars at schools on military bases were not among the “exempted” activities allowed to incur costs during the shutdown.
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Meal deliveries are going down to three days a week Pennyrile Area Development District.
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