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PNS Daily Newscast - July 23, 2019

A bipartisan deal reached to avert U.S. government default. Also on our Tuesday rundown: a new report calculates the high hospital costs for employers. Plus, new legislation could help protect Florida's at-risk wildlife.

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The agrotourism organization Black Soil: Our Better Nature aims to reconnect black Kentuckians to their legacy and heritage in agriculture. (Tehran Jewell, owner and operator of A Taste of Jewell Farm/AgZinger)

Report: Ag Lenders Still Discriminating Against Women, Farmers of Color

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Women and minority farmers are consistently denied agricultural loans, according to a report released this month by the U.S ...Read More

Kentucky spends about $10 million annually on death-penalty court proceedings, according to the state's Department of Public Advocacy. (Adobe Stock)

KY Judge Rules Death Penalty Protocol Unconstitutional

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Franklin County judge has ruled the state's protocol for carrying out the death penalty is unconstitutional. The ruling by ...Read More

Kentucky ranks 41st in the country for participation in federally funded children's summer nutrition programs. (Adobe Stock)<br />

Report: More Kentucky Children Get Free Summer Meals

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

FRANKFORT, Ky. - More children in Kentucky are getting their breakfast and lunch through federally funded summer nutrition programs, according to a ...Read More

A new health park in Paducah includes a playground, community garden and walking track. (Mark Thompson)

KY Counties Find New Ways to Help Kids Exercise, Reduce Chronic Disease

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Communities across the state are working to ensure children in Kentucky are exercising and eating healthy foods. In ...Read More

Bureaucratic hurdles caused more than 1 million people across the United States to lose Medicaid coverage in 2018, according to a Families USA report. (Adobe Stock)

Kentuckians Keep Losing Medicaid Coverage for Unexplained Reasons

Monday, July 8, 2019

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Some Kentuckians are losing Medicaid coverage, and don't know why. According to the health care consumers group Families USA ...Read More

Robert M. Pennoyer, now and at age 19, on the U.S.S. Pensacola at Iwo Jima in 1944 (Courtesy: Robert M. Pennoyer)

WWII Veteran: Ignorance, Indifference Greatest Threats to America

Thursday, July 4, 2019

NEW YORK – Seventy-four years after he saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima, a World War II veteran has an Independence Day message for America: The ...Read More

Basketball is one of almost 20 sports in which athletes can compete at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games. (National Veterans Wheelchair Games)

Veterans Head to Louisville from Across U.S. for Wheelchair Games

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Hundreds of veterans will be in Louisville next week to compete in the 39th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Men and ...Read More

Letcher County residents and environmental groups have stopped the building of a proposed $510 million prison on reclaimed land. (Adobe Stock)

Letcher County Residents Stop Proposed Federal Prison on Coal Mine Site

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

WHITESBURG, Ky. — Local activists in Letcher County have forced the Federal Bureau of Prisons to withdraw its intent to construct a new $510 ...Read More

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