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‘Confronting the trauma of our history.’ Booker campaign video invokes lynching with noose

A striking new digital video by Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker uses a noose around his own neck to highlight Sen. Rand Paul’s temporary blockage of an anti-lynching law.

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State representative advocates for Uvalde victim’s dad to leave Kentucky prison to attend daughter’s funeral

FORT WORTH, Texas — A state representative is advocating for the father of a Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim to be able to attend his daughter’s funeral after a report that he was denied compassionate release from a Kentucky prison.

Tribune News Service

PGA of America sells major-championship site Valhalla Golf Club to Louisville investors

Several Valhalla members form investment group to buy Valhalla, past site of majors and a Ryder Cup as well as the 2024 PGA.

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Played With Fire: Four Arrested Over Huge Schoolhouse Blaze That Left Really Old Building In Ruins

The massive fire took place in the city of Sadieville, in Scott County, Kentucky.

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Alabama transfer Javon Baker will not enroll at Kentucky. That’s news to Baker.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Javon Baker, a transfer from Alabama whom the University of Kentucky announced as part of its 2022 signing class in February, is no longer coming to the school.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky mother admits to murdering her newborn by throwing him off second-storey balcony

The Clay County woman who confessed to her baby’s murder can face up to 40 years in prison

The Independent UK

NV5 Secures $8M In Federal, State Geospatial Projects

NV5 Global Inc (NASDAQ:NVEE) has secured $8 million in recent contracts to provide geospatial data acquisition and data analytics services to support infrastructure, utility, and natural resource assets for public sector clients. NV5 was awarded two contracts totaling more than $4 million to support the U.S. Geological Survey's 3D Elevation Program in Kentucky…

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Jif peanut butter products recalled over salmonella outbreak traced to Kentucky plant

Cases have been reported in 14 states

The Independent UK

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Elections took place in at least eight states on Tuesday, including statewide primaries in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Here’s a look at some noteworthy results in battleground races:

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Preakness 2022: On the eve of a more normal event, horse racing industry looks for hope in wake of a ‘very rough’ year

BALTIMORE — One year ago, Medina Spirit entered the Preakness with a dark cloud over him — the Kentucky Derby champion whose defining victory was in peril because of a medication violation and whose famous trainer, Bob Baffert, was facing suspensions in multiple jurisdictions.

Tribune News Service

Federal judge again extends ban on Kentucky abortion law

A federal judge is extending an order blocking key portions of a new Kentucky abortion law

The Independent UK

Jobless claims in US Climb to highest level since January

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week to the highest level since January, led by increased filings in Kentucky and California.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky announces plans to launch mobile unemployment insurance office

The Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) announced plans on May 11 to launch a mobile office that aims to help citizens access unemployment insurance services. The office aims to help those in poorer communities complete tasks like filing for unemployment benefits, verifying their identities, and determining their eligibility for…

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Primaries show divisions are not only between the parties, but within them

Results were mixed on the influence of big endorsements and super PACs in races in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

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Katy Perry says moving to Kentucky reminded her that ‘Hollywood is not America’

‘You need to remember that because you can then understand people better’

Tribune News Service

Dispute over oversight is at heart of Senate’s Ukraine aid delay

WASHINGTON — To many observers on Capitol Hill and in foreign aid circles, Sen. Rand Paul’s lonely opposition to swift passage of a $40 billion package of military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine is nothing new. The Kentucky Republican has a well-known penchant for spending hawkishness mixed with dovishness…

The Independent UK

Man sentenced to 8 years on federal charge after commutation

A man who was charged by federal prosecutors with producing child pornography after former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued a commutation for state sex crime convictions has been sentenced to eight years in prison

Ballotpedia

McGarvey defeats Scott for Democratic nomination in Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District

Morgan McGarvey defeated Attica Scott in the Democratic primary for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District on May 17, 2022. As of 11:45 a.m. ET on May 18, McGarvey had received 63% of the vote and Scott had 37%. Incumbent Rep. John Yarmuth (D)—first elected to represent the district in 2006—did not…

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Black shelter animals weren't getting adopted. A photographer had an idea: glam shots

Maggie Epling heard that black cats and dogs often struggle to get adopted. In a push to fix that, she is taking glamour shots of these dark coated beauties at an animal shelter in Pike, Kentucky.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

It’s officially Charles Booker vs. Rand Paul in the fall for Kentucky’s US Senate seat

WASHINGTON — Charles Booker became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky on Tuesday, setting up his long-shot challenge to Sen. Rand Paul in November.

Roll Call

Key results from Tuesday’s primaries - Roll Call

Results from House and Senate primary elections for open and battleground seats in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

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It’s primary day in five states

Welcome to the Tuesday, May 17, Brew.

WEKU

Election fraud hotline will be fully staffed on primary election day

A hotline operated by the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office will be fully staffed on primary election day to take complaints of potential election law violations. Alex Garcia, an assistant attorney general with the state Attorney General’s office, says every tip is investigated.

WEKU

No-excuse early voting on a Saturday in Kentucky? Experts say it’s progress, but not enough

Election day in the Bluegrass State has been on a Tuesday since 1845 and hasn’t changed since. In 2020, Kentucky radically expanded voting access during the coronavirus pandemic, adding three weeks of early voting.

WEKU

Eastern Kentucky county clerks' opinions on early voting differ

The culmination of the Primary Election in 2020 occurs Tuesday. At precincts across the Commonwealth voters are choosing their leaders. This year’s springtime election included three days of no-excuse early voting.

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