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Jobless rates show improvement
FRANKFORT — Jobless rates have improved again in 107 Kentucky counties. The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training released the latest unemployment numbers on Thursday. Those numbers, coveri...
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Somerset serving natural gas vehicles
SOMERSET — Officials in Somerset are preparing to fuel up vehicles powered by compressed natural gas. The city activated one of the state’s first dispensers to fuel vehicles powered by compresse...
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McConnell-backed resolution on coal rejected
FRANKFORT — The U.S Senate’s top Republican called again Wednesday for the Environmental Protection Agency to back off from “heavy-handed” regulations that he said are costing jobs in the private s...
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Associated Press Two horses kick up dust in a dry pond bed outside Hopkinsville in 1999. The Kentucky Equine Survey will provide an updated head count for horses in the state.
New survey attempts head count of horses
LOUISVILLE — So just how many horses are galloping or plodding in the self-proclaimed equine capital of the world? A new study will provide an updated head count for the animal that’s long been a s...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Records: Social workers knew about abusive past
FRANKFORT — Documents released by a state agency show social workers knew that a western Kentucky man convicted in the death of his daughter had an abusive past before the child’s death. The Lex...
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Child’s death in hot car ruled accident
LOUISVILLE — The Louisville coroner has ruled the death of an 8-month-old child left for hours in a hot vehicle was an accident after his father forgot to drop him off at day care. Jefferson Cou...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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2 lawmakers wave salaries for session
FRANKFORT — Two Kentucky lawmakers refused to be paid for a weeklong special legislative session held earlier this year, returning nearly $7,000 to the state treasury. Democratic state Reps. Tom...
Jun 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Personnel board to review agriculture department audit
LEXINGTON — The state Personnel Board next month will review a critical audit of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture under the former commissioner Richie Farmer. The board will review seven f...
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UK trustees approve $2.6 billion budget
University of Kentucky trustees approved a $2.6 billion spending plan Tuesday for the coming year, which is down slightly from the current budget but shifts more funding into undergraduate educatio...
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Millionaire’s PAC hires Paul staffers
FRANKFORT — A political group that helped sway a Kentucky congressional primary last month has beefed up its staff with former Ron Paul campaign aides in hopes of electing more libertarian-leaning ...
Jun 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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