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The clock is ticking as the GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly races to pass bills ahead of the governor’s veto period this week. On Tuesday they advanced bills addressing pesticides, Medicaid spending, elections and more.
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In a “Kentucky Needs Assessment" from the Nature Conservancy, Kentucky ranks last among peer states for conservation funding with just under $2.4 million allocated to just one conservation funding program. -
Five Louisville residents are under federal indictment for allegedly getting financial kickbacks in a driver’s licensing scheme. They were employed at two regional driver’s licensing offices where the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet noticed irregularities and contacted law enforcement. -
Ford’s EV battery plant in Glendale was supposed to be the biggest economic development project Kentucky has ever seen. Now that the plant has shuttered, some former workers feel spurned, but community leaders remain cautiously optimistic. -
A data center proposal remains stalled before the Franklin Planning and Zoning Commission. For the second time, the board tabled a vote Thursday night on a preliminary development plan by TenKey LandCo, LLC, the company that purchased 200 acres for the project off I-65. -
A data center developer has purchased a former aluminum smelter in Hancock County. TeraWulf Incorporated plans to repurpose the Century Aluminum facility in Hawesville, an former industrial site that includes more than 250 acres of land.
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Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty ImagesA majority of Supreme Court justices peppered Solicitor General D. John Sauer with skeptical questions about the Trump administration's position that birthright citizenship should not apply to babies born to immigrants in the country illegally. -
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration and its critics are waging a war of images on the National Mall like none before. The president's face stares down from federal buildings while statues and posters mock him below. -
Tuesday's ruling reinstates the immigration status of those who came via CBP One and whose status was terminated.
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Journalist Beth Gardiner says the fossil fuel industry is increasingly reliant upon plastic products. Her book is Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet.
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