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Gun in Glove Box Legal on Campus

Updated: 5:05 AM The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that guns and other deadly weapons may be stored in a car's glove compartment while on a college campus in the state.

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Supreme Court Reiterates Redistricting Decision

Posted: 8:52 PM The Kentucky Supreme Court has released a final ruling reiterating that a newly passed redistricting law is unconstitutional because populations within the state's legislative districts were out of balance.

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Sen. Rand Paul Considers Endorsing Thomas Massie

Posted: 2:48 PM Tea party congressional candidate Thomas Massie could get the public endorsement his political confidant, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, in Kentucky's crowded 4th District Republican primary race.

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Prescription Drug Abuse Bill Wins Final Passage

Updated: 2:57 AM Kentucky lawmakers have passed a measure that's intended to curb prescription drug abuse in a state where more people are dying from overdoses than car wrecks.

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Prescription Drug Bill Passes House

Updated: 3:50 AM The House has passed legislation that would make it easier to identify and prosecute unscrupulous doctors who over-prescribe painkillers that are being widely abused in Kentucky.

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Prescription Abuse Bill Clears House Committee

Posted: 2:38 PM Unscrupulous doctors who over-prescribe the painkillers that are being widely abused in Kentucky could be more quickly identified and prosecuted under a bill approved by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

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Area Judge-Exec Picked by the President

Updated: 1:02 AM Henderson was nominated by President Obama to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman scholarship foundation.

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Governor Calls Special Session for Roads, Drug Bill

Updated: 6:31 PM Gov. Steve Beshear has wasted no time in calling lawmakers back to Frankfort next week, for a special legislative session to pass a transportation budget and a prescription abuse bill.

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Amish Get Their Buggies Law Changed

Updated: 2:12 PM The Amish are now exempt from a longstanding requirement that they attach orange signs to their horse-drawn buggies.

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