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A GOP package of anti-crime reforms is now headed to the governor’s desk after final passage in the House Thursday.
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The Kentucky Senate delivered bipartisan support Wednesday night for a new two-year state budget that would increase funding for K-12 schools as lawmakers moved closer to accomplishing their biggest responsibility of this year's legislative session.
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WUKY and Project Ricochet are celebrating Women’s History Month with the inaugural Women of Distinction Initiative. This month WUKY introduced you to some of the women who made our 2024 list and we wrap up that effort today with a salute to Lexington businesswoman Ann Bakhaus.
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If Kentucky Men's Basketball Coach John Calipari has any inkling of doubt about his staying power, it wasn't evident in his first major response since UK made its early exit from the NCAA tournament.
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With the expected expansion of Fayette County’s Rise STEM Academy now on hold and its director resigning, parents of students in the girls’ magnet school voiced their disappointment and frustration at a school board meeting Monday night.
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This week on Capitol Chat: Record high lobby dollars being spent in the current legislative session.At last count, nearly 800 groups have spent in excess of $6M in January and February in an attempt to influence legislation and the session isn't even over yet. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock joins WUKY's Alan Lytle in a conversation about what lobbyists can and cannot do by law in Frankfort.
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Reports out of Blacksburg are that Kenny Brooks will be named the new UK women’s basketball coach.
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Kentucky’s top education post is now filled – pending a vote by state lawmakers.
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Jack Gohlke made 10 3-pointers and 14th-seeded Oakland delivered the first true shock of this year’s March Madness, beating third-seeded Kentucky 80-76 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Would Lexingtonians agree to a new tax solely dedicated to the city’s parks? A local group called Parks Sustainable Funding believes the answer is yes. The nonprofit is floating the idea. Dr. Greg Davis speaks with two of the leading proponents, Victoria Meyer and Davis Lowe, in this week's segment of Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.
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A bill which would require the Kentucky General Assembly to approve all installations and removals of art in the Capitol Rotunda passes committee 9-to-2 and now heads to the Senate floor.
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A bill allowing vacant U.S. Senate seats to be filled via special elections instead of by gubernatorial appointment passes its final committee meeting and heads to the Senate floor.