Lisa Autry
Reporter/Producer, WKU Public Radio-
Kentucky nurses are feeling a sense of relief over a new law shielding them from criminal liability for medical errors.
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A former Eastern Kentucky coal mine is being revived into a storage facility that creates hydroelectric power. Gov. Andy Beshear joined officials on Thursday from the U.S. Department of Energy to announce the project in Bell County.
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A superintendent from eastern Kentucky will become the state’s next education commissioner. The appointment of Robbie Fletcher was approved on Thursday in a special meeting of the Kentucky Board of Education.
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The Kentucky Board of Education will announce its choice for the state’s next education commissioner on Thursday. Members have scheduled a special meeting to announce the new hire after confirming on Tuesday that contract talks had begun with the preferred candidate.
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Beshear wants state lawmakers to expand the number of conditions that qualify for Kentucky's medicalGov. Andy Beshear is asking the Kentucky legislature to approve a larger list of conditions that would qualify for the state's new medical cannabis project.
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Three new natural gas generating units are online at a Tennessee Valley Authority plant in Muhlenberg County. The units are designed to withstand temperature extremes while also edging the federal utility toward its goal of a carbon-neutral future.
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The Majority Floor Leader of the Kentucky Senate has announced plans to retire from the legislature. Republican Damon Thayer of Georgetown announced on Wednesday that he won't seek re-election after his current term ends in Dec. 2024.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear will reprise his role as the lone statewide elected Democrat in Frankfort during his second four-year term in office.
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It’s common for governors to issue pardons on their way out of office. But former Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin sent shock waves through the state when he pardoned people convicted of murder, child sexual abuse, and other violent crimes — including the son of a political donor.
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Reporters from across Kentucky Public Radio's network profiled each of this year's races so readers and listeners across the commonwealth are fully informed when they go to ballot box on Nov. 7.