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The Kentucky Lock addition project missed out on its best chance to secure extra funding this week. Normally federal funding for the $844 million project comes from a river fuel tax trust fund set aside to pay for construction projects.
Governor Steve Beshear says the problems with Kentucky s new Medicaid Managed Care system will be resolved. Beshear pushed for the managed care system last year to take some of the administrative burden of Medicaid off of the state.
After weeks of disagreement, new districts for Kentucky's six U.S. House seats will become law. The issue appeared dead earlier this week when the state Senate was unable to approve a new map. But lawmakers rallied around a compromise plan last (Thursday) night.
Kentucky's share of the nationwide foreclosure settlement with five major banks is nearly $59 million. Attorney General Jack Conway announced yesterday how that money will be used to help borrowers struggling with high mortgage payments or who have already been through foreclosure.
A new map of Kentucky's congressional districts is on the verge of becoming law. State House Speaker Greg Stumbo declared congressional redistricting dead earlier this week, since it looked like both chambers could not agree on the new districts. But with the state Senate able to find enough votes to pass a compromise, a new map is in play.
The Commonwealth Office of Broadband Outreach and Development wants to know how Kentuckians use the Internet.
The rate of fatalities on Kentucky roadways has increased so far in 2012.
The Lennox Hearth fireplace plant in Union City is up for sale, according to a statement from the company.
Local Features
Hear Kenny Colston rundown the top headlines from the state capitol this week in a chat with Rick Howlett in Louisville.
We are in our first extended cold snap of 2012 following a warm couple of months. While the cold weather means layering your clothing to keep warm, it also to some has historically been a predictor for a normal spring insect population.
Amidst the basketball fever sweeping the Jackson Purchase, one area high school took time out to celebrate some former western Kentucky basketball greats. Sixty years ago, the Cuba Cubs, a small Graves County high school basketball team, took the Commonwealth by storm with an unlikely march to the state championship. Graves County Highs School celebrated that 1952 championship season during half time of a recent basketball game, and invited some of the players from that team to come and be honor
It's been two weeks since the Delta Mariner crashed into the Eggners Ferry Bridge, collapsing a 300 foot section of the road deck. The biggest question still remaining for motorists and business owners who depend on the traffic over the bridge is when and how will traffic be restored.
McCracken County's Susan Guess and her daughter Morgan have a message for bullies: enough is enough. Through videos and posts on social media sites Susan and Morgan are getting the word out on the dangers of bullying and how to stop it.
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro is running Steven Sodenheim's famous musical "Sweeney Todd" about a vengeful barber in post-industrial London.
In Hopkinsville, one man's unique collection of circus memorabilia has turned into a city treasure. Rose Krzton-Presson traveled there to find out how the Charles Jackson Circus Museum came to be.
The 2012 Murray Shakespeare Festival gets underway next Tuesday, but festival chairs Dr. Rusty Jones and Dr. Barbara Cobb of MSU's English Department could argue that it's not only already begun, it's an ongoing process.
Commentaries & Reviews
The Eggner's Ferry Bridge collapse affects travelers and fishermen alike. Scott Ellison explains in this week's FLW Fishing Report.
Commentator Celia Brewer worries that our exploding technology is causing us to regress socially as human beings. Brewer is a writer living in Mayfield. She believes she will always be smarter than her phone.
FLW Outdoorsman Scott Ellison has some advice on buying a new prop for your outboard.
No compromise has been made between the drastically different redistricting plans passed through the Kentucky Legislature. Plans being pushed by House Democrats and Senate Republicans are nearing the possibility that federal courts may end up resolving the issue. Commentator Richard Nelson says this kind of partisan political bomb-throwing won't garner any love between constituents and the powers that be in Frankfort.
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