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News from 2023

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Attorney General Cameron Challenges FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Hikes

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 9, 2023

Attorney General Daniel Cameron on June 5 joined a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), opposing its new methodology for calculating flood insurance premiums, which would substantially increase rates and hurt Kentucky families.

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Gov. Beshear Announces More Than $850,000 in Awards To Benefit Shelby County

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 9, 2023

Funds support tourism, including multijurisdictional Kentucky Black History Trail project

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Republicans Will Not Rubber-Stamp Radical Biden Nominees

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 9, 2023

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations.

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Senators Continue Efforts to Return War Powers to Congress, Introduce the End Endless Wars Act

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 9, 2023

On June 8, 2023, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the End Endless Wars Act, which would repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) 180 days after enactment.

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Attorney General Cameron Urges U.S. Senate to Protect Kentuckians from Fentanyl

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 8, 2023

Attorney General Daniel Cameron urged the United States Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act.

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Gov. Beshear Orders Flags to Half-Staff on June 7

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 8, 2023

Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Wednesday, June 7, in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died in a training exercise.

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“Keeping America Safe, Keeping America Fed, and Keeping the Lights On”

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 8, 2023

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senate business and national defense.

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Kentucky attorney general candidate likes GOP's chances of taking back governorship

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 7, 2023

Kentucky's Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear's re-election chances are about 50-50, according to a recent Republican poll, which the GOP state attorney general candidate said signals what Blue Grass State voters want.

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McConnell, Guthrie Introduce Bill to Expand Mammoth Cave National Park

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 7, 2023

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) introduced the Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act in the Senate and House, respectively.

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Attorney General Cameron Challenges Biden Administration for Enabling Illegal Immigration

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 7, 2023

Attorney General Daniel Cameron yesterday challenged a Biden Administration border policy that would incentivize illegal immigration.

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Gov. Beshear: Expanded Partnership with Simmons College of Kentucky Helping State Achieve Lowest Recidivism Rate Ever

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 7, 2023

College courses program available at the state’s female-only prison, joining Northpoint Training Center and Luther Luckett Correctional Complex

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Kentucky deaths did not exceed death expectancy during week ending May 20

By Bluegrass Times | Jun 6, 2023

Kentucky's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending May 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Week ending May 20 could be deadliest for people age 85 and older in Kentucky

By Bluegrass Times | Jun 6, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 177 individuals age 85 and older died during the week ending May 20.

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Attorney General Cameron Protects Kentucky Coal in Procedural Win Against EPA

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 6, 2023

The Sixth Circuit yesterday granted an administrative stay of the Biden Administration’s disapproval of Kentucky’s state implementation plan under the Clean Air Act.

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Gov. Beshear Joins INFAC North America to Break Ground on Taylor County Expansion

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 6, 2023

On June 2, Gov. Andy Beshear joined local officials from Taylor County and leaders from INFAC North America, an automotive manufacturer that specializes in cables, antennas, horns, actuators and electric vehicle (EV) battery system assemblies, to break ground on the company’s expansion in Campbellsville, which will create 220 Kentucky jobs with an investment of at least $53 million.

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Kentucky: 227 people in 75-84 age group are estimated to have died during week ending May 20

By Bluegrass Times | Jun 5, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 227 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending May 20.

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Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission Explores New Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 5, 2023

Bryan Hubbard, Chairman and Executive Director of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission (KYOAAC), along with members of the Commission, shared plans on May 31 to explore new therapeutic treatment options for those affected by opioid use disorder.

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Gov. Beshear Officially Designates Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Historical Corridor

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 5, 2023

Officials join veterans to honor pioneering African American military hero from Mays Lick

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ICYMI: Dr. Rand Paul Introduces Conservative Alternative to Biden-McCarthy Debt Deal

By Bluegrass Times Report | Jun 5, 2023

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced his conservative alternative to the Biden-McCarthy debt deal. This alternative was offered as an amendment to the so-called “Fiscal Responsibility Act” deal and would have replaced existing language with responsible reforms and necessary cuts.

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Hispanic deaths in Kentucky increase to 10 in week ending May 13

By Bluegrass Times | Jun 4, 2023

There were 10 Hispanic people who died in Kentucky in the week ending May 13, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).