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Hemp bill stalls in House
FRANKFORT — Momentum for a bill laying the groundwork for a possible industrial hemp comeback skidded to a halt Wednesday when a Kentucky House panel failed to vote on the measure, which would set ...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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House committee overhauls pension reform bill
FRANKFORT — New government hires would be eligible to participate in the same retirement plans as current employees under overhauled legislation that passed a House committee on Tuesday. House D...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Several states try to protect sex-trade victims
FRANKFORT — Kentucky may soon join a small but growing number of states enacting laws to protect juvenile victims of the sex trade. House Bill 3 would restrict authorities’ ability to charge min...
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Man pleads guilty in double slaying
BOWLING GREEN — A Lexington man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting two people at an apartment complex in Bowling Green in 2005. The Daily News reports 32-year-old Gilbert U. Holts Jr. entere...
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High school offers year-round black history
WINCHESTER — A teacher at an eastern Kentucky high school says students have responded well to the first yearlong course on black history. History teacher Amy Madsen said she asked to teach the ...
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This image provided by the LBJ Presidential Library shows Whitney Young during a meeting with President Lyndon Johnson in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Jan. 18, 1964. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., tells the story of YoungÕs boldness in dealing with civil rights issues in ÒThe Powerbroker: Whitney YoungÕs Fight For Civil RightsÓ a documentary airing during Black History Month on PBSÕ Independent Lens and shown in some community theaters. (AP Photo/LBJ Presidential Library, Yoichi Okamoto)
Rights leader receives due credit
WASHINGTON — Just before the March on Washington in 1963, President John F. Kennedy summoned six top civil rights leaders to the White House to talk about his fears that civil rights legislation he...
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Bodies found on property of missing couple
OIL SPRINGS — Police say two bodies have been found on property owned by an eastern Kentucky couple reported missing almost six months ago. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department told WYMT-TV t...
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Lottery tax mulled as pension fix
FRANKFORT — Lawmakers appeared divided Friday on whether to look to the lottery as a source of revenue to shore up Kentucky’s financially troubled pension system for government retirees. Rep. Br...
Feb 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Maj. Gen. James McConville (front left) speaks to troops from the 101st Airborne Division on Tuesday as they prepare to leave Fort Campbell for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. McConville says the division has to be agile and adaptive as it sets the stage for the 2014 withdrawal of U.S. combat forces.
101st Airborne returns to Afghanistan
FORT CAMPBELL — The 101st Airborne Division is headed to Afghanistan for the third time in five years, but the division’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. James McConville, says his forces have to be ...
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Mammoth Cave adds 10 miles, reaching past 400-mile mark
LOUISVILLE — A colossal cave system in Kentucky that’s known as the longest in the world has reached 400 miles. Mammoth Cave recently added 10 miles to its explored underground length, pushing i...
Feb 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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