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A new report suggests Kentucky isn’t making the grade when it comes to preparing children for kindergarten. The National Institute for Early Education Research found only one-quarter of the state's four-year-olds attended preschool during the 2024-25 school year.
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Before adjourning the 2026 session last week, the General Assembly approved funding to expand Kentucky's network of regional driver’s licensing offices. -
The trial will determine the 28 athletes who will represent the United States in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. -
Critics of a proposed data center in Franklin have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn arecent vote by the local planning and zoning commission, marking the second lawsuit over the controversial project. -
Kentuckians charged with low-level crimes often brought on by substance abuse or mental illness can avoid incarceration by participating in specialty courts. But the next two-year state budget being crafted in the General Assembly threatens to eliminate that option. -
The first Kentuckian to die in the conflict with Iran will return home this weekend to Hardin County. The body of Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pennington will arrive at Fort Knox on Friday.
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The UAE says it will leave OPEC, amid tensions with Saudi Arabia and the chaos of the Iran war.
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Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesAlthough the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement and protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn. -
Andrea Hsu/NPRAs the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, seniors are advocating for protections for their immigrant caregivers. -
Emily Feng/NPRIn the warm sun, gathering handfuls of hard olives promised a taste of home that residents of a village in the Homs countryside had been missing for nearly 14 years of civil war. -
Edward Echwalu for NPRCongress has allocated more than $500 million for family planning work internationally. The Trump administration hasn't spent it — and the consequences are already being felt. -
Gallery BooksFrom the Emotional Roller Coaster to the Worry-go-round, cartoonist Gemma Correll walks us through her brain's not-so-amusing amusement park in a darkly funny memoir.
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