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Beshear signs executive orders making Juneteenth state holiday, establishing CROWN Act to protect Black hairstyles from discrimination

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Pipe dream or possibility? Beshear involved in presidential ticket talks

Amidst the post-debate panic, a handful of names have emerged as potential replacements for presumptive Democratic nominee, President Joe Biden. One is Kentucky Gov. Andy ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Friday, July 5, 2024 4:55 pm

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Civic nonprofit sues state over voter removal policies

Some Kentucky voters might show up to the polls and find out that they can’t vote, through no fault of their own, a civic nonprofit ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 11:03 am

Sarah Young, a Second Chance employee at Kentucky Dam Village Park, speaks at a Team Kentucky press conference in Frankfort earlier this year. (Anita Hatchett)

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Kentucky employers give second chances

When Barbara Aker’s nephew was 10 or 11, he broke his arm. Doctors prescribed painkillers, which set him off on a slippery slope, she said. ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 9:45 am

Dr. Roger Thomas, one of the owners of Thomas and England Veterinary Services in Smiths Grove, talks with Jason Smith of WPH Farms in Allen County about a calf’s healing from pink eye on Friday afternoon, June 21, 2024. Thomas said he travels far and wide to accommodate the high demand for large animal care as the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Loan Repayment Program, a new vet student loan repayment program approved by the state legislature this year that offers up to $87,500 in loan repayments over five years to vets who agree to practice on livestock in underserved rural areas or other shortage areas, aims to make a dent in a decades-long rural large animal vet shortage. (Grace Ramey McDowell, Bowling Green Daily News)

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‘All that can be done:’ State rural vet loan program to slow existential crisis

One day in mid-June, Dr. Timothy Gardner traveled from his Scottsville veterinary practice to Union County to Webster County to Hopkins County to take calls ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Friday, June 28, 2024 2:07 pm

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks about the status of the construction of the Blue Oval SV Battery Plant during an interview at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, June 6, 2024.

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Six months of Beshear (again): What’s he done?

Nearly every time he speaks, Gov. Andy Beshear shares that Kentucky is on its “biggest, best economic development win streak” in history. Six months into ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Saturday, June 22, 2024 1:33 pm

A calf peers out of a pen after being castrated by Dr. Roger Thomas, one of the owners of Thomas and England Veterinary Services in Smiths Grove, at WPH Farms in Allen County on Friday afternoon, June 21, 2024. Thomas said he travels far and wide to accommodate the high demand for large animal care as the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Loan Repayment Program, a new vet student loan repayment program approved by the state legislature this year that offers up to $87,500 in loan repayments over five years to vets who agree to practice on livestock in underserved rural areas or other shortage areas, aims to make a dent in a decades-long rural large animal vet shortage. (Grace Ramey McDowell/grace.ramey@bgdailynews.com)

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‘All that can be done:’ State rural vet loan program to slow existential crisis

One day in mid-June, Dr. Timothy Gardner traveled from his Scottsville veterinary practice to Union County to Webster County to Hopkins County to take calls ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Saturday, June 22, 2024 1:16 pm

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Two years post Roe, smaller abortion battles wage

If the Supreme Court justices thought overturning Roe v. Wade would spell the end of the abortion question, they’d be very wrong. Two years later, smaller ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Friday, June 21, 2024 10:51 am

Sarah Young, a second chance employee at Kentucky Dam Village Park, speaks at a Team Kentucky presser in Frankfort.

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Kentucky employers give second chances

When Barbara Aker’s nephew was 10 or 11, he broke his arm. A painkiller prescription set him off on a slippery slope, she said. He ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Monday, June 17, 2024 10:28 am

The University of Kentucky campus on Friday, June 14, after the UK Board of Trustees voted to eliminate its university senate and overhaul shared governance.

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‘Obsessed:’ UK Board votes to eliminate university senate, overhaul shared governance

LEXINGTON — Yes, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto is obsessed. He said so Friday morning before the UK Board of Trustees voted nearly unanimously ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Friday, June 14, 2024 12:53 pm

Elizabeth Newbould's daughter poses with a Dolly Parton Imagination Library book, the Little Engine Who Could.

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‘Giant domino effect:’ Dolly Parton Imagination Library preps KY kids for Kindergarten

Dolly Parton wants Kentucky kids to be ready for Kindergarten. As of June, every preschooler in the Commonwealth is eligible to receive free, monthly, age-appropriate ... Read more

by Sarah Michels, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 10:29 am

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