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Jan 6, 2025 · Trump’s election as president certified by Congress, four years after Capitol attack BY: Ashley Murray, Ariana Figueroa and Jennifer Shutt - January 6, 2025 WASHINGTON — Lawmakers certified President-elect Donald Trump’s win Monday in a smooth process that four years ago was disrupted by a violent mob of Trump supporters bent on stopping Congress …
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5 days ago · Republican lawmaker again files bill to add exceptions to Kentucky’s abortion ban BY: Sarah Ladd - January 10, 2025 Louisville Republican Rep. Ken Fleming filed a bill Friday that would add exceptions to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban for cases of rape, incest, lethal fetal anomalies and ectopic pregnancies.
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Blood donations needed after winter storm disrupts supply
23 hours ago · The winter storm that hit Kentucky in early January hurt the state’s blood supply, the Kentucky Blood Center said Monday. The wintry conditions — snow, ice and freezing temperatures — caused the blood center network to cancel mobile drives and close early, lowering donor turnout. KBC says ...
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KY legislature convenes Tuesday while state Supreme Court …
Jan 6, 2025 · Facing severe winter weather, Kentucky’s elected officials are postponing some events or trudging ahead to fulfill constitutional requirements. The Kentucky Supreme Court announced Monday afternoon that investitures scheduled this week for incoming Chief Justice Debra Lambert and Justice Pamela ...
KY legislature opens with Democrats decrying GOP rule changes …
6 days ago · McDaniel filed the 2023 legislation after reading a news story about a sentence commutation former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin had issued to a man convicted of abduction, rape, robbery and murder. The man was up for a parole hearing, but the Kentucky Parole Board ultimately decided the man should serve the remainder of his sentence.
Winter storm leaves tens of thousands of Kentuckians without power
Jan 6, 2025 · Approximately 83,000 Kentuckians across more than three dozen counties were without power Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that gathers power outage data reported by utilities.. A deluge of snowfall and ice from freezing rain has downed power lines and trees, disrupted transformers and interrupted electrical service, as well as …