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The Mine Safety and Health Administration released a proposal on Tuesday, outlining how it would change silica dust protections for miners in industries ranging from coal to gravel quarrie...

Gretchen Hunt has led Louisville Metro's Office for Women since 2022.(Courtsey of Louisville Metro)

The head of Louisville’s Office for Women has left the agency “in a sudden and unexpected way.”

Gretchen Hunt, a former immigration attorney who had led the office since 2022, announced the change in a social media post Tuesday. Hunt noted on Facebook that her last day as...

The Kentucky State Capitol Building(Jess Clark / LPM)

Going into next year’s legislative session, Kentucky Republicans will still hold a commanding majority in the General Assembly. But for the first time in years, voters pushed back against established incumbents and

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A federal judge has ordered former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to explain why she did not disclose an inheritance that is now the subject of a state lawsuit.

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Johnathan Wright (above, left) was diagnosed with black lung disease in 2023. Rates of the disease among some coal miners are now at their highest since the 1970s, the new documentary ‘Coal’s Human Cost’ explores.(Frontline / PBS)

When Johnathan Wright began working underground in coal mines more than 25 years ago, the percentage of veteran working coal miners in Centra...