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Kentucky GOP lawmakers demand more funds for senior meals — even if it takes a special session

Sylvia Goodman

Several GOP legislators say the governor needs to find the funds to bolster Kentucky’s senior meal program, or he should call a special session.

Community members and parents attend an Oldham County School Board meeting on whether to allow Bible-based moral education group Lifewise to operate within the district.

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Oldham Co. schools reject Bible program during school hours in unanimous vote

Sylvia Goodman

Patients and staff exit the Portland neighborhood location of Family Health Centers on a rainy day in Louisville.

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Nearly 100K Kentuckians could see higher health insurance premiums

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Report: Kentucky jails contracting with ICE have 659% increase in detainees this year

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Union election scheduled for BlueOval SK workers at Kentucky EV battery plant

Lisa Autry

Workers at a sprawling electric vehicle battery campus in Glendale, Kentucky will vote this month on whether to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled Aug. 26-27 for an election that will determine whether hourly employees at the BlueOval SK plant will join the United Auto Workers Union.
'I don't want to go to jail' Hundreds cited under Kentucky camping ban in first year

Sylvia Goodman

Homeless service providers across Kentucky say new laws and increased enforcement has driven homeless Kentuckians into hiding.
Kentucky medical marijuana cultivator brings in half-grown plants to speed harvest

Joe Sonka

Armory Kentucky imported thousands of adult plants that will be ready for harvest in two months, hastening the timeline for when some medical cannabis will be in dispensaries.
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WKU journalism professor, Alabama journalist team up on Olympic Park Bomber podcast

Michael J. Collins

Award-winning journalist John Archibald covered the arrest as it happened. Now, he joins Western Kentucky University journalism professor Becca Andrews to retrace Rudolph’s bloody legacy.
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When ‘I don’t know’ is the most honest answer: what’s the future of WKU Public Media?

Kevin Willis

Following the recent vote by Congress to end federal funding for CPB, the leaders of public media organizations are now working to figure out what the future holds. One of them is Jordan Basham, the interim executive director of WKU Public Media.

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Ecuador: La reinvención andina de la cumbia

Karla Gachet

Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.
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Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Meg Anderson

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
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As the ceasefire begins, a look at the Gaza war by the numbers

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With start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and release of hostages and prisoners, here are some key figures related to the Gaza war and the Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked it.
Latest on humanitarian aid in Gaza as ceasefire deal holds

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Thousands of people are returning to northern Gaza, only to find their homes and infrastructure destroyed.
What comes next in the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas?

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Hamas has released all 20 remaining living Israeli hostages, and Israel has freed around 2,000 Palestinian detainees.
MacArthur 'genius' grant awarded to cultural anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte

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Brown University professor and cultural anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte is one of this year's MacArthur fellowship winners for her work exploring political and moral ambiguities of border regions.