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The Kentucky Capitol is seen, Jan. 14, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

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University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation
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Tue,08/20/24-5:34PM , 81 Reads
The University of Kentucky will disband its office promoting diversity and inclusion efforts in response to questions from policymakers that its focus on identity has stifled political discussions, its president said Tuesday.
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Lawmakers listen as parents speak about the prospect of their children competing against transgender girls in school sports at the Utah State Capitol on March 25, 2022, in Salt Lake City. A federal judge on Monday, June 17, 2024 temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states, dealing another setback for a new policy that has been under legal attack by Republican attorneys general. (AP Photo/Samuel Metz, File)

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Biden's Title IX law expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students is dealt another setback
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Mon,06/17/24-11:13AM , 192 Reads
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks about the status of the construction of the Blue Oval SV Battery Plant during an interview at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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Kentucky Democratic governor pushes back against Trump-led attacks on electric vehicles
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Thu,06/06/24-1:41PM , 136 Reads
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Electric vehicles have built up enough momentum from job growth and investments to steer past any roadblocks from Donald Trump and other critics, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.
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Michael Blowen, founder and retired president of Old Friends Farm, feeds Silver Charm ground up cookies at Old Friends Farm in Georgetown, Ky., Thursday, April 18, 2024. Silver Charm, the 1997 Kentucky Derby winner and at the age of 30, the oldest living Derby winner lives his life of retirement at the farm dedicated to retired thoroughbred race horses. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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For ex-Derby winner Silver Charm, it's a life of leisure and Old Friends at Kentucky retirement farm
By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press
Wed,05/01/24-11:19PM , 156 Reads
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Michael Blowen can step outside his house any day of the week and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago that attentively cares for former winners and losers alike.
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