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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A Kentucky policy group questions whether spending $2.5 million in taxpayer funds to wipe out medical debt for nearly 70,000 Kentuckians is a good use of taxpayer funds.
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(The Center Square) – Democratic candidate Zach Dembo won the race for Kentucky's sixth congressional district Tuesday, a race that was expected to be a bellwether for partisan fortunes on Election Day.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Polls are open across the U.S. as control of Congress hangs in the balance.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The outcome of a tight congressional race in Kentucky could be an early indicator of the 2026 midterm election results.
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(The Center Square) – A Kentucky man and convicted felon, Jeffrey Woodard, was indicted by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman for fraudulent voter registrations.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - With slightly more than a week until the 2026 midterm elections, political analysts are projecting Democrats will flip as many as 22 seats to gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Despite polls that show a 9-point Republican edge to replace Mitch McConnel in the U.S. Senate, candidates will debate live tonight in Kentucky.
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Reporting from Just the News
Trump teased the potential War Department investment in the pharmaceutical company Antheia during a rally at Northern Kentucky University.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Appalachian Regional Commission granted eastern Kentucky $78.8 million in taxpayer dollars to help infrastructure in the Appalachian part of the state, a record high for Kentucky.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Twenty-two financial officers from across the U.S. wrote to the nation’s top rating agencies – Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P – asking them to explain the influence ESG policies have had on states’ credit ratings, with the officers detailing what they consider the harm using such “political assumptions” causes to states and taxpayers alike.
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