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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 ...
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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...
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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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EPA pursuit of pollution fines reaches 13 years
LOUISVILLE — A former businessman owes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $1.5 million for polluted oil wells in western Kentucky, in one of the largest penalties the agency has ever handed d...
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Ky. panel to examine middle school sports
LEXINGTON — A state panel has been tasked with studying the lack of regulations on middle school sports and making recommendations before the next General Assembly. The move comes after Kentucky...
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Associated Press Noah Jones, 12, of Bowling Green stands with backpacks collected for foster children May 25 in Bowling Green. Jones started "A Case for Dignity," a non-profit that provides backpacks filled with items for children in the foster care system in Bowling Green.
Boy’s project empowers foster children
BOWLING GREEN — What began as a school project has turned into a campaign for 12-year-old Noah Jones to make sure no foster child in Kentucky is made to feel like they, or their things, are trash. ...
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Former Christian social worker faces tampering charge
HOPKINSVILLE — A former social worker in western Kentucky has been indicted on a charge of tampering with public records. A Christian County grand jury handed down the felony indictment Friday a...
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Police arrest 3 with sticky fingers in candy caper
MADISONVILLE — They weren’t the 3 Musketeers, but police in western Kentucky say an adult and two teenagers had sticky fingers when it came to ballpark concession stands. Hopkins County Sheriff’...
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Wife of Senate president eyes attorney general post
FRANKFORT — The wife of Kentucky state Senate President David Williams is weighing a bid for state attorney general in 2015. Former district court judge Robyn Williams told the Lexington Herald-...
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