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Bevin Rails Against 'Incompetent Hack' Judge In Pension Case

Gov. Matt Bevin is calling a Franklin Circuit judge who ruled against him this week an “incompetent hack.” The broadside isn’t the first delivered by the governor.

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Gov. Matt Bevin is calling a Franklin Circuit judge who ruled against him this week an “incompetent hack.” The broadside isn’t the first delivered by the governor.

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The former president of the University of Louisville wants the school's investment arm he's accused of mishandling to cover his legal expenses in its lawsuit.

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Since 2014 the University of Kentucky has been helping pregnant women with opioid use disorder get clean and deliver healthy babies.  Now the PATHways program will be expanded and offered in twelve other communities across the state thanks to a nearly $5 M federal grant announced Tuesday.

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Starting in the upcoming school year, Kentucky students will have to pass one more test to earn their high school diploma. The Kentucky Department of Education is approving a citizenship test and students will have to get at least 60 questions at of 100 correct in order to pass.

Tourists Bring Billions Into The Bluegrass State

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The economic impact of Kentucky's tourism industry has jumped nearly 4 percent to more than $15 billion. A report commissioned by the Kentucky Department of Tourism shows the industry supports more than 195,000 jobs across the state and generated $1.5 billion in taxes. Of that tax money, $202 million went to local governments while the rest went to the state government.

Crime Alert Issued On UK's Campus

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University of Kentucky Police have issued a crime bulletin. They say a female student was corresponding with a man who called himself “Mo” on the app Whisper. The two met in person at the Gatton College of Business and Economics on May 2nd around 8:00 at night.

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Candidates in Lexington’s jam-packed race for mayor took questions on the drug problem, charter schools, economic development, and rising pension costs Monday night, though equal time constraints made for an evening of mostly broad policy prescriptions.

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Sen. Mitch McConnell and his chief political rival in the U.S. Senate are co-sponsoring legislation to legalize a crop currently barred under U.S. law.

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National security officials are reportedly drawing up contingency plans should President Donald Trump’s nominee to the head the CIA, Gina Haspel, bow out under pressure from her critics.

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More than 3.3 million Kentuckians are registered to vote in the May 22 primary elections, a net increase of about 62,000 voters since the 2016 general election.

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