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Renewed push for DEI legislation expected next year in Kentucky, new Senate majority leader says
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Renewed push for DEI legislation expected next year in Kentucky, new Senate majority leader says

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers seem ready to resume work on a bill dealing with diversity, equity and inclusion practices at public universities. But the outcome could be different next year because they have had months to try to work out their differences, the state Senate’s new majority floor leader said Tuesday. “It’s an issue that seems to continue to …

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A Kentucky lawmaker has been critically injured in lawn mower accident
3 months, 1 week ago

A Kentucky lawmaker has been critically injured in lawn mower accident

Associated Press  

HARLAN, Ky. — A Kentucky lawmaker was critically injured when the lawn mower he was riding plunged into an empty swimming pool at his home, authorities said Monday. State Sen. Johnnie Turner, a Republican from Harlan, was in critical but stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, said Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers. Turner was injured …

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Governor says budgetary cap would limit his immediate response to natural disasters in Kentucky
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Governor says budgetary cap would limit his immediate response to natural disasters in Kentucky

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic Gov. Once reaching that cap, he’d have to ask lawmakers for more immediate funding, which would require a special session if they’re not meeting at the time, Beshear said. However, state Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican, disputed Beshear’s assertion that his hands would be tied, saying the governor would have “ready access” to considerably more …

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Rediscovering my family's history through cornmeal dumplings
2 years, 2 months ago

Rediscovering my family's history through cornmeal dumplings

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My family moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Boston, Massachusetts when I was a child, a dislocation that was the source of much tragedy, small and large. One of my grandfather's framed promotions for our flour advertised "The Stivers Sack," causing great mirth to my mother and father, though as a child I couldn't grasp why. Several years ago, I looked …

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Ohio special elections voter registration deadline is today
3 years, 2 months ago

Ohio special elections voter registration deadline is today

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Monday is the deadline to register to vote in this fall’s elections, which include two special congressional elections, a host of local council and school board races and a number of local ballot questions. The biggest prizes on Nov. 2 are the Cleveland-area 11th U.S. House district seat formerly held by Democrat Marcia Fudge and the Columbus-area …

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Hal Rogers now Kentucky’s longest-serving member of Congress
3 years, 3 months ago

Hal Rogers now Kentucky’s longest-serving member of Congress

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers reached a milestone Thursday in becoming Kentucky’s longest-serving member of Congress, saying he has work to do and is keeping his eye toward the future. Rogers reached 14,852 days in office on Thursday, passing his former Democratic colleague from the state’s 2nd District, the congressman’s office said, citing the U.S. House historian. Kentucky …

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Slow population growth costs Ohio a House seat, census shows
3 years, 7 months ago

Slow population growth costs Ohio a House seat, census shows

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has lost one seat in Congress as a result of new census figures released Monday, marking the sixth-straight decade of congressional declines for the state. Ohio’s population grew by 2.3% between 2010 and 2020, to 11.8 million residents, according to the new census data. Slow levels of job creation, failure to attract enough immigrants and a …

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Kentucky bill curbs governor’s choice to fill Senate vacancy
3 years, 8 months ago

Kentucky bill curbs governor’s choice to fill Senate vacancy

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Sen. Mitch McConnell secured a victory from his home state legislature on Monday when Republican lawmakers stripped Kentucky’s Democratic governor of his independent power to temporarily fill a U.S. Senate seat should a vacancy occur. The bill would replace a process that allowed the governor to appoint someone to fill a Senate seat until the next regular …

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Kentucky Senate GOP leader files no-knock warrant bill
3 years, 10 months ago

Kentucky Senate GOP leader files no-knock warrant bill

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky — One of Kentucky’s top GOP lawmakers has filed legislation to ban some no-knock warrants nearly a year after the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot in her home multiple times by police during a botched drug raid in Louisville. Under Senate President Robert Stivers’ bill, no-knock warrants would only be issued if there …

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