Kentucky is among a handful of states that lost only a small percentage of children from its Medicaid program in 2023 even as the number of kids cut from coverage soared elsewhere under annual renewal requirements that had been suspended during COVID-19.
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Israeli forces have taken control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing into Egypt. A U.S. Border Patrol agent explains how he sees his agency's mission.
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Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is a bluegrass fiddle player for Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway and has performed alongside bands like Old Crow Medicine Show and Leftover Salmon. Morning Edition host Daniel Hurt speaks to Keith-Hynes ahead of her local performance at Paducah Beer Werks on Saturday, May 4.
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Paducah's Lowertown Arts & Music Festival is happening on Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11. Its lineup includes Memphis-based artist Marcella Simien, who blends the classic soul sound of Memphis with Creole elements from South Louisiana, where she grew up. Daniel Hurt speaks to Simien ahead of her performance.
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Not everything on Gov. Bill Lee’s wish list made it into the state budget this year, but lawmakers did sign off on his plan to invest in access to health care for rural Tennesseans.
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Spring is heating up across Kentucky, and low-income families can get help paying their air-conditioning bill through a seasonal program.
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National Education Association reports state’s per student spending ranks 33rd in 2022-23
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Environmental groups have filed suit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over its approval of a pipeline that will wind through mostly poor and Black Middle Tennessee communities to supply methane gas to a new Tennessee Valley Authority power plant near Clarksville.
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Rescue teams worked searching for dozens of construction workers buried under the rubble after a multi-story apartment complex that was being built collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa.
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An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife's edge.
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Social Security's finances have improved slightly in the last year. But the popular retirement program still faces big challenges including the threat of automatic benefit cuts in less than a decade.
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Monday is the Met Gala, known as fashion's grandest event, where celebrities from various realms come together at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate fashion and each other.
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Blowback from companies and institutions was fierce after North Carolina passed transgender bathroom restrictions. But states haven't felt as much heat after several bills easily passed.
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The FAA says Boeing informed the agency in April that required inspections to confirm that the wings were properly bonded to the carbon fiber fuselage on certain 787 jets were not completed.