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President Donald Trump ordered sweeping layoffs amid a federal government shutdown, firing dozens of special education office employees.

More than a dozen airports around the country are refusing to air the video blaming Democrats for the shutdown due to being overly partisan, including in Louisville and Lexington.

After the federal government shutdown cut staffing and services at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, local governments and nonprofits in the region stepped up to foot the bill and keep the park open during the peak fall season.

Kentucky GOP Congressman Thomas Massie is facing attacks from President Donald Trump, but was lent a hand by Sen. Rand Paul in a six-stop tour through his district.

As an Ohio-based religious education group works to implement “moral instruction” in Kentucky public schools under a new law, the state’s attorney general offered guidance this week to districts considering the program.

Politician Charles Booker resigned as head of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Booker ran unsuccessfully for both of Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seats before Gov. Andy Beshear appointed him to the position.

Kentucky hemp farmers sent a letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell asking him for a meeting and to not again try to insert language into a bill banning certain hemp-derived products.

The president signed executive orders that would charge companies $100,000 a year to hire a worker on an H-1B visa and allow wealthy foreigners to get a visa for $1 million.

As it becomes increasingly likely Indiana Republican lawmakers will make a new congressional district map, several listeners have asked how one party redraws districts to benefit them politically.

Advocates are concerned funding cuts proposed by the Trump administration could eliminate some forms of disability services, including all University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.