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Comer creates task force to review fuel lab
COVINGTON — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer has set up a task force to look into concerns an audit raised about the state’s fuel lab. The Kentucky Enquirer reports the task force i...
Jul 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Area code requested for western Kentucky
FRANKFORT — With the ever-growing use of cell phones, western Kentucky has nearly exhausted the 270 area code and is in line for an additional one. The Kentucky Public Service Commission is weig...
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Mother arrested for leaving kids alone in hot home
BOWLING GREEN — Police in south central Kentucky have arrested a woman who is the mother of some of the 19 children left alone in a hot, filthy home near Bowling Green. Police found the kids, in...
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Despite praise, ACT order unclear
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky’s top education official said Tuesday although he’s praising new assessments that college testing giant ACT Inc., has developed for primary and secondary schools, it doesn’t m...
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First lady offers summer reading list
FRANKFORT — Too hot to go outside? Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, Kentucky’s first lady has released her summer book suggestions for young readers. Jane Beshear’s Top 10 Summer Rea...
Jul 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Race traffic waits to get out of the track after the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta on July 10, 2011.
Beshear pleased repairs headed off second raceday traffic jam
FRANKFORT — A smooth flow of traffic into and out of the Kentucky Motor Speedway over the weekend shows that improvements designed to prevent a repeat of last year’s gridlock were successful, Gov. ...
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Associated Press Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied by Sen. John Cornyn (left), R-Texas, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters outside the Senate on June 26 in Washington following a political strategy session with other GOP Senate leaders. On Monday, McConnell said the odds are against repealing the health care law championed by President Barack Obama.
McConnell: Odds long to undo health care law
ELIZABETHTOWN — It’s on his to-do list, but U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the odds are against repealing the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. The Kentucky...
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National art show calls for submissions
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit opens this fall in Henderson, and officials are asking artists to submit entries. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources sa...
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U of L relies more on its own fundraising
LOUISVILLE — For the first time, the University of Louisville will rely more on its own fundraising than state general fund money to educate students. U of L President Jim Ramsey says it’s an om...
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Associated Press GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health-care fraud settlement in U.S. history, the Justice Department said Monday.
Kentucky to recover $28 million
FRANKFORT — Kentucky will recover more than $28 million from a legal settlement resolving a dispute with prescription drug maker GlaxoSmithKline. Attorney General Jack Conway announced the settl...
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