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Recent federal funding cuts have raised some concerns about the future operations of the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and some public libraries across the Commonwealth.
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and some Metro Council members are defending a decision to cut the public school district out of payments from Churchill Downs.
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Officials with a Kentucky state office that helps resettle refugees says they are concerned about a Trump administration policy that would reverse the legal status of more than half a million migrants.
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The near-daily announcements of federal funding cuts and freezes coming out of Washington, D.C. are starting to have a real impact on city agencies and nonprofits in Louisville.
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Democratic lawmakers say the House GOP property tax overhaul plan is not "ready for primetime." Republican lawmakers pushed the overhaul through committee along party lines.
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Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine. Appalachia Mid-South Newsroom's Justin Hicks recently interviewed survivor Stanley "Goose" Stewart at his home in West Virginia.
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A steel industry conference in Kentucky this week brought together business leaders coincidentally as President Donald Trump announced varying tariffs across the globe. There were mixed reactions, but everyone agreed the volatility is challenging.
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Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, who’s held the office since 2008, said Thursday he won’t run for reelection next year.
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Multiple rounds of severe storms are expected to roll through Louisville starting Wednesday night.
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Louisville Metro Council voted by a wide margin to legalize cigar bars. The debate centered around economic and public health concerns.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to boost mineral production “to the maximum possible extent” as whistleblowers warn federal budget cuts are severely weakening the agency meant to keep mine workers safe.
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After a judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary workers who were fired in a dramatic downsizing of the U.S. government, many have been asked to return to work only to be put on administrative leave, or offered early retirement. Some won’t go back, fearing it would happen again.