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Man’s estate donates to Kentucky animal shelters
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A mild-mannered western Kentucky farmer who never turned away a stray cat left a portion of his estate to every county-run animal shelter in the state. County officials receive...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawmakers keep promise of cooperation
FRANKFORT — With a Republican-controlled Senate and a Democratic-led House, the Kentucky Legislature had been mired in political gridlock through most of the past decade. Frankfort political lea...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Body found along flooded road
HENDERSON — A western Kentucky man died after his vehicle apparently stalled in flood waters. Henderson County Deputy Terry Harmon told The Gleaner that he found the body of 70-year-old Melvin D...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Legislative winners
FRANKFORT — Soldiers deployed overseas would have a better shot at voting back home under one of several high-profile measures that passed in this year’s legislative session. The following bills...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Failed proposals
FRANKFORT — A proposal to draw new boundary lines around House districts was among a litany of high-profile bills that didn’t survive the legislative session that ended Tuesday night. The follow...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judd won’t run for US Senate
FRANKFORT — Actress Ashley Judd announced Wednesday she won’t run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky against Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, saying she had given serious thought to a campaign but decid...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawmakers OK pension funding plan
FRANKFORT — A pension system that had become so financially troubled that it weakened Kentucky’s credit rating would be shored up under legislation approved by the Legislature on Tuesday. The pr...
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Report: Under ACA, Kentucky claims to go up 34 percent
LOUISVILLE — A new study says costs of medical claims would rise an average of 34 percent for individuals in Kentucky next year under the Affordable Care Act. The study was released recently by ...
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Condemned inmate rejected for hip surgery
LOUISVILLE — Six Kentucky hospitals have refused to perform a $56,000 hip replacement surgery on a death row inmate whose execution date could come this year. Their refusal pits the hospitals’ s...
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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House overrides Beshear’s religious freedom veto
FRANKFORT — The General Assembly voted to override the governor’s veto of a bill intended to better protect legal claims of religious freedom. The House vote was 79-15. The Senate voted 32-6. ...
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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