Liam Niemeyer
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Cryptocurrency mining is a burgeoning industry that investors see as a cutting-edge economic opportunity. But critics say it’s compounding the world’s preeminent crisis – climate change.
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Some farmers markets in western Kentucky have already opened this spring with vendors selling local crafts, food and more.
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Environmental advocates are pushing for the passage of a federal bill – co-sponsored by Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth of Louisville – that would create a multi-state effort to conserve the Mississippi River’s ecosystems, its water quality and its river communities.
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The National Weather Service is warning residents in western Kentucky, northwest Tennessee and southern Illinois of an expected severe weather outbreak Wednesday.
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Kentucky Republicans passed a bill out of a committee Monday that would put tighter rules on public assistance despite strong concerns from various advocacy groups and organizations that it would strip many low-income Kentuckians of needed assistance with food and healthcare.
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Republican lawmakers rushed a bill through the Kentucky House of Representatives Thursday adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients and charging state officials with investigating food benefit use, among other proposed changes to public assistance. This was despite strong concerns and emotional pleas from Democrats and various advocacy groups that the bill would harm low-income Kentuckians who rely on assistance with food, healthcare and more.
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A Kentucky senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that aims to ban intoxicating products derived from hemp, including a compound getting nationwide attention called Delta-8 THC.
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A Kentucky state representative from Hopkinsville has apologized for using an anti-semitic slur during a committee meeting earlier this week, according to a report from the Lexington-Herald Leader.
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A bill in the Kentucky state senate would ban “intoxicating” compounds derived from hemp, including one that’s seen increasing popularity and scrutiny across the country: Delta-8 THC.
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Jimmy Galbreath watched an excavator claw tear one of the homes into rubble. His homes were damaged beyond repair by a violent EF-4 tornado on Dec. 10, part of a catastrophic tornado outbreak that ripped through the Kentucky town of 10,000 and transformed the lives of thousands more across the region.