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Beshear update, Court of Appeals setback, Sen. Wise tests positive, Half of households losing employment income, How endorsements happen, & TSOK.
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Beshear update, Yarmuth on federal aid, Healthy at Home study, Push for help with health care, Meatpacking health department complaints, & TSOK.
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Brought to you by — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! The bill signings have started in Frankfort, with the governor signing a number of health-related bills yesterday. The vetoes have also
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Five Things to Know Today — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! Take a moment or two to read the story linked below about the health items that got pulled from Beshear’s budget
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Publisher’s Note Hello! With the General Assembly doing Vote-A-Rama on Monday and Tuesday before leaving for veto days, there’s obviously a lot of KYGA21 news this week. We did a couple of
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The Forward Five 3/19/21 Five Things to Know Today — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! While we wait to see which bills the governor vetoes, and which other bills the General Assembly
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Brought to you by — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! Yesterday, I promised you some updates on the bills that passed (and didn’t pass) in the final rush at KYGA21. Today,
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Five Things to Know Today — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! Today, I’m going to do a brief explainer about the legislative schedule. If you know all of this, you can just
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Brought to you by — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! With only three days left in this year’s General Assembly, we finally have a budget. Except, we don’t. Sorta. The Senate
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Publisher’s Note Hello! I’ve decided not to include three types of content in the Weekly Wrap: the daily COVID updates, the daily KYGA calendar and update, and the News Briefs. I felt
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Brought to you by — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! One of the frustrating things about politics (and democracy, to be honest) is the uneven nature of the process. The phrase
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Brought to you by — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! There was a scene a few days ago in Frankfort that no one could have predicted. There was a budget hearing,
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