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Coal stacks at Mill Creek Generating Station

Ryan Van Velzer

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Kentucky AG settlement with state's largest electric utility would lessen rate increases

Joe Sonka

The proposed settlement between the Kentucky attorney general and the state’s largest electric utility company would cut proposed electricity rate increases in half.

A scientist from Louisville Water Company checks drinking water quality.

Ryan Van Velzer

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Kentucky lawmakers say they’ll revive push to make fluoride optional in drinking water

Sylvia Goodman

The Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Friday April 5, 2024.

Ryan Van Velzer

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Louisville Republicans nominate Army veteran for vacant state Senate seat

Sylvia Goodman

Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, discussed a state budget shortfall and the impacts of the federal government shutdown Monday.

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November funding for food assistance benefits halted due to federal shutdown, Beshear says

Sylvia Goodman

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Bowling Green-based nonprofit collecting funds for children detained by ICE

Derek Parham

The Fugees Freedom Fund was created to help cover the expenses of children who have been detained by ICE and are caught in a legal battle to be released.
How one rural Tennessee town pushed back over a proposed bitcoin mine and won

The tech industry is increasingly eyeing rural communities to warehouse servers for cryptocurrency mining and data storage. In a town in rural Tennessee, locals banded together to push back on one such project.
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WKU president highlights retention records, campus construction, and first PhD program in opening speech to faculty

Lisa Autry

In his annual convocation on Monday, Western Kentucky University President Timothy Caboni welcomed faculty and staff back to campus for the start of a new academic year.
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WKU names new business school after Bowling Green businessman, attorney

Lisa Autry

A Bowling Green attorney and property developer will be featured on the newly constructed business school at Western Kentucky University.
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Forest cleared for long-embattled pipeline through Bernheim Forest wildlife corridor

Derek Parham

A protected wildlife corridor at Bernheim Forest and Arboretum has been cleared to make way for LG&E's Bullitt County natural gas pipeline.

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After 2 years of war and a fragile ceasefire, where does the conversation on genocide in Gaza stand?

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World leaders will gather next week at the United Nations General Assembly, where an independent U.N. commission will present the findings of a recent investigation that found Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
New investigation details how Syrian government abducted children as political tool during civil war

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According to a new investigation from The Observer, the Syrian state abducted hundreds of children during the war.
Last WWII ship in operation toured the Ohio River recently

Military experts credit Landing Ship, Tanks with helping win World War Two.
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Why the road to rebuilding homes after fires is complicated

Here & Now Newsroom

A Los Angeles Times analysis finds just 38% of homes have been rebuilt after some of the most destructive fires in California history.
Russia continues strikes on Ukraine after ceasefire summit suspended

Here & Now Newsroom

Russia has continued bombarding Ukraine on Wednesday, after a summit planned for next week between President Trump and Russian Leader Vladimir Putin in Hungary was suspended.
Confused by the U.S. economy? You're not alone

Terry Gross

How are changing tariffs, the AI boom, immigration policies and uncertainty in employment and the stock market impacting the economy? Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor in chief of The Economist, explains.