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Louisville Orchestra Stalemate
The Louisville Orchestra's contract with its musicians expired this week. ...
The Louisville Orchestra's contract with its musicians expired this week. That means the players are not being paid, they do not have insurance and do not have any guarantee they'll have jobs when the next season starts. As Kentucky Public
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Civil War Dispatch 19 - Looking Away to Dixieland
On this week's Kentucky Civil War Dispatch, as southern states ...
On this week's Kentucky Civil War Dispatch, as southern states broke from the American Union, the Commonwealth opted for neutrality within the U.S. At least most of it did, at any rate. We'll visit the one part that looked away to Dixieland.
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Marathon price gauging case continued
A judicial ruling Wednesday in Kentucky's longstanding price gouging case ...
A judicial ruling Wednesday in Kentucky's longstanding price gouging case against Marathon Petroleum doesn't end the lawsuit. Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeigh explains the ongoing situation.
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GOP Unity Rally
Kentucky Republicans held a post-primary rally at state GOP headquarters ...
Kentucky Republicans held a post-primary rally at state GOP headquarters in Frankfort Saturday, to show a united front for the fall. But as Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeigh reports, it appears there may be a few chinks in their armor.
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Civil War Dispatch 18 - Bluegrass votes for neutrality
Throughout this sesquicentennial year of the American Civil War, we've ...
Throughout this sesquicentennial year of the American Civil War, we've been following events of the time in the Commonwealth on the Kentucky Civil War Dispatch. Today, the Bluegrass votes to steer a middle course through the conflict...or at
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LowerTown Festival Artist Profile: Michael Waligorski
Michael Waligorski is a photographer, painter and sculptor from Pinckneyville, ...
Michael Waligorski is a photographer, painter and sculptor from Pinckneyville, Illinois. He makes a yearly pilgrimage to Colorado to photograph the aspens as they pop with bright colors. You can find his landscapes and panoramas at the LowerTown Arts
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Methamphetamine Addiction Becoming More Common in Treatment
In Kentucky Police busted a record number of meth labs ...
In Kentucky Police busted a record number of meth labs last year. The people arrested in those some 1000 busts either go to jail, or go into treatment. Since 2005, more meth addicts have gone into treatment. That was when the state passed the Recovery
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A Profile of the GOP Secretary of State Primary Race
The race for Kentucky Secretary of State features four candidates ...
The race for Kentucky Secretary of State features four candidates - two Republicans and two Democrats -- who want the job of overseeing the Commonwealth's elections and business filings. Kentucky Public Radio's Alan Lytle takes a look at the
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A Profile of the Democratic Secretary of State Race
The race for Kentucky Secretary of State features four candidates ...
The race for Kentucky Secretary of State features four candidates - two Republicans and two Democrats -- who want the job of overseeing the Commonwealth's elections and business filings. Kentucky Public Radio's Brenna Angel takes a look at
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Is Kentucky's Lieutenant Governor Post Defunct?
Imagine a job where the only function is taking-over if ...
Imagine a job where the only function is taking-over if the boss quits, is fired, gets sick or even worse. That pretty much describes Kentucky's lieutenant governor. Four people, one Democrat and three Republicans, are campaigning for that job.
