Kentucky Supreme Court sets schedule for hearing on suit against Governor’s executive orders
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
The Kentucky Supreme Court issued an order on Friday, setting a briefing schedule and a date for oral arguments, in one of the lawsuits filed against Gov. Andy Beshear’s use of executive orders in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
The matter involves separate rulings...
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Registration open for Kentucky Woodland Owners Short Course; online evening webinars offered
By Carol Lea Spence University of Kentucky The 2020 Kentucky Woodland Owners Short Course will provide new and experienced woodland owners with a bounty... - More »
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Kentucky Supreme Court sets schedule for hearing on suit against Governor’s executive orders
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The Kentucky Supreme Court issued an order on Friday, setting a briefing schedule and a date for oral arguments, in one of... - More »
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Louisville-based College for Living expands, begins to enroll new students with developmental disabilities
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Alabama, Ole Miss fill out UK’s 10-game football schedule; SEC sends Wildcats to Tuscaloosa
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Gov. Beshear reports ‘tough day’ — 801 new COVID cases and 8 deaths; ‘we can determine our future’
Gov. Andy Beshear reported “a tough day” in the fight against COVID-19 with 801 new cases and eight deaths bringing state totals to 34,578... - More »
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UK administrators to engage in anti-racist training as part of effort to begin to ‘change the culture’
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Cols Owens: Of course we can — we must search our souls if we really mean to find the end to racism
Distinguishing between races began in America in 1619, with the importation of Africans as slaves. The American economy was built on that system and it... - More »
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