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House Bill 196 is headed to the Governor’s desk after passing through legislature Wednesday. It reduces the amount of trained emergency medical personnel in coal mines with 10 or fewer employees per shift. -
The Clark County Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to remove all three members of the Utica Township Fire Protection District board. It came one day before the board was expected to approve creation of a fire territory with Jeffersonville, a move some other local leaders have opposed. -
The Environmental Protection Agency didn't provide details about what it wants to do with the regulations — whether it will try to weaken them or eliminate them entirely. -
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed two executive orders Wednesday. One aims to reduce environmental “over-regulation” to help businesses grow and another to cut environmental justice out of decision-making. -
A bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public colleges and universities passed out of the Senate Wednesday. It’s likely to head to the governor’s desk once the House concurs. -
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An unusual coalition says they want to ensure Kentucky doctors aren’t afraid to give life-saving abortions. Reproductive rights advocates say their plan could make things worse for women. -
The Louisville Orchestra’s CEO Graham Parker has left his role as executive director. The official announcement came more than a week after Parker’s last day. -
A Kentucky bill that would subject hemp-derived beverages to new regulations and ban certain products advances further, over the objections of the hemp industry. -
Incarcerated transgender people would no longer be able to access hormone therapy under a bill that passed a House committee vote Wednesday. -
Environmentalists say Senate Bill 89 still guts pollution protections for streams and many drinking water supplies. -
Former U of L, Milwaukee Bucks basketball star Junior Bridgeman was a fixture in Louisville after his playing days. Mayor Craig Greenberg said the city had “lost a kind, generous and groundbreaking legend.”
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An opponent of a bill to eliminate DEI in higher education has filed a complaint over a committee hearing they say violated open meetings laws, but Republican leadership says it won’t hamper the bill’s progress. -
Louisville Metro Council is expected to vote Thursday night on how to divvy up a fourth round of opioid settlement money. -
With little notice, Kentucky’s GOP is pushing sweeping changes to the state’s budget trigger system for annual tax cuts, as well as business tax incentives. -
A bill passed the House on Tuesday to create a new state emergency fund to aid Kentuckians who suffered in the recent severe storms and flooding in February. -
Care and Feeding chronicles life in the culinary world. All the Other Mothers Hate Me follows a mom turned amateur detective. Plus, Karen Russell's first full-length novel since Swamplandia! -
Pharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs, are meant to lower drug prices by acting as a middleman between drug manufacturers and either insurance companies or employers who sponsor health plans. Advocates said employers and consumers often don’t understand what PBMs are and how they work. -
In 1961 a teenager led a movement that helped overturn racial segregation in Louisville. -
A bill that would give Kentucky’s public universities an additional path to firing tenured professors has cleared a Senate committee, moving one step closer to final passage. -
Kentucky’s House Bill 4 would require all diversity, equity and inclusion offices close and programs end by this summer. A full Senate vote is the only thing standing between the bill and the governor’s desk. -
Last year, the General Assembly created a task force to study the governance of Jefferson County Public Schools. After it called for another year of study, the legislature is considering expanding the group to study all Kentucky schools. -
Last month, no Kentucky law enforcement had formal partnerships with immigration agents. That just changed. -
In a world premiere musical, a young girl faces her fears and learns the importance of libraries in a swashbuckling adventure.
