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Kentucky Public Radio's February legislative update

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Democrats appeal redistricting ruling

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Abortion bans head to the Supreme Court

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Abortion amendment fails, Rand Paul sails to reelection

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It's Almost Election Day (Finally)

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Lawmakers spar over abortion "misinformation"

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Rand Paul and Charles Booker hit final campaign trail

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Abortion rights group outraises opponents, big PAC money in KY judicial races

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Rand Paul releases ad on Charles Booker, Gov. Beshear leads in fundraising fight

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Rand Paul declines to debate Charles Booker, Amendment 1 on the ballot

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Officials try to recruit younger poll workers

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Kelly Craft holds her first gubernatorial rally, campaigns ahead of abortion amendment heat up

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Kelly Craft shakes up governor's race

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: US Senate Candidate Charles Booker gets Beshear endorsement, gubernatorial candidates ramp up fundraising efforts

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Eastern KY flood relief package passes in special legislative session

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Abortion ban heads to Ky. Supreme Court

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Fancy Farm recap, Biden visits Eastern Kentucky, and a special session on the horizon

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Flooding devastates eastern Kentucky

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A Supreme Court justice race to watch, Beshear to endorse Booker

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Kentucky Republicans outnumber Democrats for the first time

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Abortions still legal

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Abortion ban triggered, paused

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Trump backs Cameron in governor's race

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: GOP race for governor gets a little more crowded

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Lawmakers still cold on gun safety

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Thoughts, prayers and few solutions after another school shooting

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Primaries bring "liberty" surprises

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Power company politics

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The end of a very busy legislative session

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Beshear vetoes charter schools, anti-trans bills

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Veto period begins

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The legislative session home stretch

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Republicans move to tighten public benefits

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Ky. Lawmakers move to limit mask, vaccine mandates

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'Omnibus' anti-abortion bill passes Ky. House

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Republicans introduce long-awaited 'tax reform'

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: GOP bill sets how race, U.S. history are taught

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Lawmakers advance cuts to unemployment

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Dems whiff at filing deadline

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Ky. Democrats Sue To Block GOP Redistricting Maps

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Kentucky Politics Distilled: Beshear makes case for sweeping budget

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Kentucky Republicans Tackle Redistricting

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Kentuckians come together after devastating tornado

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Beshear Gives Social Workers A Raise

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Anti-abortion lawmaker running for Ky. Supreme Court

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Beshear Merges Cabinets That Handled Unemployment

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McConnell Joins Democrats On Infrastructure

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GOP Snubs Beshear 'Hero Pay' Work Group

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Yarmuth Announces Retirement

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Former Ky. Democrats Chair Ordered To Prison

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Nearly All Schools To Require Masks

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Lawmakers Ax School Mask Mandate

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COVID Surges, No New Mandates Yet

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Beshear Mandates Masks In Schools

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Fancy Farm And Vaccine Politics

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Charles Booker Launches U.S. Senate Run

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McConnell Kills Capitol Riot Commission

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McConnell Resists Capitol Riot Commission

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Feds Investigating Louisville Police

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McConnell Dismisses Latest Relief Package

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Legislative Session Ends With Spending, No-Knock Limits

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Last Days Of The Legislative Session

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The Veto Period Rush

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Legislature Considers Criminalizing Insults Against Police

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Reforming Elections And No-Knock Search Warrants

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Rand Paul & The Mysterious Election Reform Bill

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LMPD Audit, Impeachment Fever Continues

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Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

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Impeachment Fever

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The General Assembly Returns

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Beshear Issues New Coronavirus Restrictions

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Supreme Court Upholds Beshear Coronavirus Orders

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Republicans Surge In Statehouse

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Early Voting During The Pandemic

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McConnell And McGrath Debate

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The Breonna Taylor Decision

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Coronavirus Doubters

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Derby, Law and Order

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Kentuckians At The RNC

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Absentee, Early Voting Expanded

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Federal Coronavirus Bill Stalls

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Unemployment Supplement Expires, Senate Race Heats Up

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McConnell Unveils New Coronavirus Bill

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No Budget Shortfall, Beshear Calls For More Funding

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McGrath To Take On McConnell

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Underdog Democratic Senate Candidates Nab Endorsements

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State Prepares For Budget Cuts

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More Testing Needed As State Reopens

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Attorney General Cameron Threatens To Sue Beshear

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McConnell Calls For Letting States Declare Bankruptcy

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Legislature Wraps Up With Veto Overrides

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Legislature Returns Next Week

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Coronavirus Looms Over Budget

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The Coronavirus Relief Bill

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Legislature Meets Through Coronavirus

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Coronavirus Response

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Democratic Senate Candidates Square Off

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Special Elections And Homophobia

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Medical Marijuana Bill Advances

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Kentucky Legislature Votes To Arm School Officers