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Farm bill proposal fails in US Senate ag committee over SNAP error rate issue

  • Cami Koons

Farm bill progress stalled Thursday as the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee failed to move forward its version of the omnibus legislation due to a conflict over when states will shoulder a share of federal nutrition assistance costs.  While the bill included bipartisan language from more than 100 bills, Democrats were unwilling to budge on their […]

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Beshear to McConnell: Provide ‘proof of your capacity to serve’ or leave office

  • McKenna Horsley

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wrote in a Monday letter to Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and his staff that the senator should “provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.”  The letter from the governor came after McConnell’s office shared a Monday statement from the senator and another photo of him with his […]