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What is minimum wage in Kentucky? Here's what we know about where wage rates sit
Workers making less than $17 per hour are considered "low wage," according to a new study from Oxfam, "a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice." The study, which provides a state-by-state analysis and ultimately calls for the minimum wage to be raised to $17 hourly, found...
High school teams have to work around the heat
Monday was on the front end of a heat advisory for this area of western Kentucky and southern Indiana. Temperatures and heat indexes were high enough that they would start heat safety restrictions mandated by the KHSAA. Feels like temperatures Monday afternoon were at 105 degrees, with the actual temperature in the high 90s. All outdoor activities should stop if heat indexes are over 104 ...
What hospital ranks the best in Kentucky, according to US News and World Report?
Along with being the best in the state, the hospital was named in the top 50 hospitals across the nation in three specialty areas: obstetrics/gynecology (#21), cancer care (#36) and ear, nose and throat (#37).
Comer Thanks Fort, Lester For Strong Efforts During Internship
Congressman James Comer (R-Ky.) recognized local students Allie Fort, Colin Harris and Ella Lester Wednesday afternoon — following their completion of summer internships in his Washington, D.C. Office. During their time in the nation’s capital, Fort, Harris and Lester answered constituent inquiries from Kentucky’s First Congressional District, researched legislative...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorses federal effort to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug won an endorsement Wednesday from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who said “the jury is no longer out” on its medical uses as an alternative to opioids that ravaged the Bluegrass State with overdose deaths.
In a win for dogs like Ethan, first offense animal torture now a felony in Kentucky
Legislators and advocates who pushed for years to make dog and cat torture a felony on first offense gathered in the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday to celebrate a new Kentucky law that does just that. House Bill 258, also called Ethan’s Law, allows a person to be charged with a Class...
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