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Incarcerated Kentuckians would be housed according to their “original biological sex” under a floor amendment attached to an unrelated bill Friday.
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Organizations including chambers of commerce and major companies like Amazon contributed more than $28 million to lobbying the GOP-led legislature. -
A physician and educator are the first two recipients of cards allowing patients to legally obtain medical cannabis in Kentucky. The state’s medical marijuana program officially began on Jan. 1. -
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U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has re-introduced a bill to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Dismantling an agency that oversees the nation’s education system and manages federal student loan programs would be a challenge even in a Republican-lead House and Senate. -
Kentucky students were slightly above the national average in both 4th and 8th grade reading, marking the first improvements in those areas since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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