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Kentucky lawmakers appear skeptical of state health insurance exchange
LPM - Kentucky
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August 28, 2025
Members of the state Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board questioned the administrators of Kentucky’s health insurance exchange, kynect, in a board meeting Wednesday. Some appeared skeptical of the benefits of providing a state-level versus...
Arkema starts up new fluorospecialties production site in Kentucky
Chemical Engineering
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September 2, 2025
Aligned with Arkema’s ambition to provide its customers with sustainable and innovative solutions, the Group announced in 2022 the investment of around $60 million in Calvert City to upgrade its previous HFC production line into a state-of-the-art...
McCuskey asks EPA to stop funding climate activist group
West Virginia Record
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CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey has joined a 23-state coalition of AGs urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cancel grants to the Environmental Law Institute, which has been funding climate advocacy trainings...
As climate change wreaks havoc on the weather, Trump pursues policies that will make things worse
WBUR - Massachusetts
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Immediately upon taking office in January, the Trump administration launched a determined effort to promote fossil fuels, hinder renewable energy and stall climate change mitigation efforts. As someone who regards the integrity of the climate as...
Water Pollution Fight in Iowa Hits a Snag as EPA Removes Rivers from ‘Impaired’ List
Sentient Media
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September 2, 2025
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added seven Iowa river segments to the state’s impaired waters list last year, Linda Fitzgerald thought it would be a meaningful step toward addressing water pollution. The self-described...
VIDEO: Bobcat comes up to woman’s porch in Northern Kentucky
FOX19 - Ohio
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September 2, 2025
VILLA HILLS, Ky. (WXIX) - A woman in Northern Kentucky had an unexpected visitor appear on her porch Monday morning. Adrienne McCauley, of Villa Hills, says a bobcat wandered onto her property on Rogers Road around 8:10 a.m. Video captured on...
51 people with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel arrested in West Virginia, Kentucky & Tennessee
WDTV 5 - West Virginia
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September 2, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDTV) - After a week-long, targeted sweep across West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, 51 people with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel were arrested and are facing a wide range of criminal charges related to drug trafficking. In...
Kentucky’s Bizarre Blackbird Invasions in 1974 and 2012
WGBF - Indiana
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August 28, 2025
All towns have a history, and we know some are far more interesting than others. These two Kentucky towns, though, might just take the cake. (As long as it's made of bird seed.) The Hopkinsville Blackbird Invasion It was more than 50 years ago--in...
A University of Kentucky cheerleader is accused of hiding a dead baby in closet
NBC News
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September 2, 2025
A 21-year-old University of Kentucky athlete was arrested and accused of hiding her dead infant, wrapped in a towel, in a trash bag in a closet to conceal the recent birth, police said. Laken Ashlee Snelling, who a univeristy spokesperson said was...
Kentucky EV Battery Workers Vote on UAW Union Amid Safety Concerns
WebProNews
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August 27, 2025
In the heart of Kentucky’s Hardin County, a sprawling electric-vehicle battery complex known as BlueOval SK stands as a symbol of the state’s ambitious push into the future of automotive manufacturing. This joint venture between Ford Motor Co. and...
Kentucky 'humanely euthanizes' 22 improperly housed deer to curb CWD threat
WHAS 11 - Kentucky
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August 27, 2025
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife euthanized 22 deer at a Meade County sanctuary for violating Chronic Wasting Disease regulations. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife says it has ‘humanely euthanized’ 22 deer being kept at a Meade...
Woman pummels 5ft alligator with bare hands to save her puppy from being eaten alive
Daily Star
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September 13, 2025
A Florida woman rescued her 4-month-old puppy from the jaws of a 5-foot alligator by repeatedly striking the reptile in the eye. Danie Wright, who has lived in Land O'Lakes - a rural community roughly 20 miles north of Tampa - for two decades,...
Hometown Roots & Environmental Impact: Tim Hadley solves major sewer issue at Blue Grass Army Depot
The Richmond Register - Kentucky
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University of Kentucky Chemical Engineering graduate Tim Hadley recently won the Army Materiel Command’s Top Employee of the Quarter award for his work as a Facilities Engineer in the Directorate of Public Works at the Blue Grass Army Depot in...
Ford hits the pedal on EV production with $2 billion overhaul of Kentucky plant
Agrinews - Ilinois
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models. The automaker’s top...
Kentucky Cooperage will lay off more than 100 workers. What we know
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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(This story has been updated with new information.) Kentucky bourbon has taken another hit as the economy and global trade conditions continue to prove challenging for the industry. According to an Aug. 19 Worker Adjustment and Retraining...
Wildlife rescue volunteers object to euthanization of 22 healthy fawns in Meade County
WKYT - Kentucky
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August 26, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Supporters of a popular wildlife refuge protested then-plans to euthanize 22 orphaned fawns. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife confirmed late Tuesday that staff “humanely euthanized more than 20 deer being illegally held at the...
Early Mississippi vs Kentucky Predictions, Picks & Odds for Week 2
Covers
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Photo By - Imagn Images. Mississippi Rebels quarterback Trinidad Chambliss (6). The Ole Miss Rebels hope to get revenge for their upset loss at home last season when they visit the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field on Saturday. Both teams enter...
Wildlife rescue volunteers object to plans to euthanize 22 healthy fawns in Meade County
Wave 3 - Kentucky
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August 26, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Supporters of a popular wildlife refuge protest plans to euthanize 22 orphaned fawns. Volunteers and administrators of Broadbent Wildlife Refuge in Meade County said Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials will be killing the...
Medicaid board hears proposal on assisted living waiver
The Messenger - Kentucky
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FRANKFORT — The state Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board heard about a proposal Tuesday that would extend coverage to help Kentucky families offset costs of care at assisted living facilities. Rep. Deanna Gordon, R-Richmond, said she is working...
Listen to The Country online: David Seymour on Act’s calls for NZ to leave Paris climate agreement
The New Zealand Herald
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September 2, 2025
Bryce McKenzie: The co-founder of Groundswell applauds David Seymour’s decision. But what about Fonterra’s? Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: One of our leading primary sector academics says, “It’s the margin, Stupid”. We talk about profitability,...