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KMA: KY doctors leaving; administrative barriers cited as chief complaint

Kentucky lost nearly 600 physicians between the years 2019 and 2022. That’s according to Patrick Padgett, the executive director of the Kentucky Medical Association, who testified before the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services in Frankfort Wednesday.

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North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session

Transgender rights are taking center stage in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly considers legislation restricting gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports

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Families of missing Syrians urge UN to create institution for the 'disappeared'

Three Syrians whose family members were forcibly disappeared during the civil war were at the United Nations this week to lobby for the creation of an Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic. The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution calling for the…

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Connecticut to adjourn largely bipartisan session in contrast to rancor in other states

The Democratic-controlled Connecticut General Assembly is poised to wrap up what’s been one of the most bipartisan legislative sessions in recent memory

The Independent UK

New Church of Scotland Moderator condemns levels of poverty in the UK

THE new Moderator of the Church of Scotland has condemned the levels of poverty in the UK as “unacceptable”.

The National (Scotland)

North Carolina governor says GOP teacher pay, voucher plans a public education ‘disaster’

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is embarking on a campaign to beat back education and tax legislation from the Republican-controlled General Assembly

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"Shame": Protests and outrage at NC Dem

Rep. Tricia Cotham, R-N.C., switched from being a Dem last month but sponsored a bill codifying Roe four months ago

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Abortion after 12 weeks banned in North Carolina after GOP lawmakers override governor’s veto

Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy is becoming law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto

The Independent UK

UN to commemorate Palestinians' 1948 flight from Israel for the first time

For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus

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North Carolina's governor vetoed a 12-week abortion ban, setting up an override fight

The veto by Gov. Roy Cooper launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt an override vote after they recently gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers.

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For all its flaws, don't 'turn back on UN,' says Ukraine envoy

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations is deeply flawed but it has proven effective in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the embattled nation's UN envoy told AFP on Thursday.

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Maryland delegates pass gun control bill after extended debate on session’s final day

BALTIMORE — After hours of debate Monday that saw tensions rise on the House of Delegates floor during the final day of the General Assembly session, delegates approved a bill to restrict where guns can be carried in public in Maryland.

Tribune News Service

Regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles gets review from Kentucky lawmakers

The future movement of vehicles along Kentucky highways got a hearing in Frankfort during the now-completed General Assembly session

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Today's Interview: Kentucky Youth Advocates praises General Assembly’s juvenile justice legislatio

Terry Brooks, the executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, said the General Assembly has passed bills to improve the juvenile justice system.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois' state witness protection program finally gets millions in funding, but has yet to get off the ground

CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a witness protection program that went unfunded for the first nine years of its existence.

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NC Gov. Cooper urges lawmakers to drop culture wars, fully fund school plan

RALEIGH, N.C. — With less than two years left in his second term, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper gave a State of the State speech Monday night that served as both his highlight reel and message to Republicans about what they’ll fight over this legislative session.

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Maryland prepares for federal ruling that could force abortion pill off the market

BALTIMORE — A decision is due any day from a federal court in Texas that could have sweeping repercussions on abortion access across the country — including in states, like Maryland, where the procedure is protected.

Tribune News Service

Activists rally in Annapolis to end abortion ahead of protection bill hearings in Maryland General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — More than a thousand anti-abortion advocates flooded downtown Annapolis on Monday evening to rally against legislation poised to broaden access to and increase protections for abortion care in Maryland.

Tribune News Service

Bill could remove Black Democrats on South Georgia election board

ATLANTA — Voting rights advocates are warning that Black voters in a South Georgia county could lose representation on their local elections board under a bill advancing through the General Assembly.

Reuters

Russia's UN diplomat accuses West of arm twisting in vote isolating Moscow

Russia's senior diplomat to the United Nations accused the West on Sunday of "cowboy" methods and "arm twisting" of some countries during last week's United Nations General Assembly vote that demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine.

WEKU

Kentucky Senate backs prescriptive authority for nurse practitioners

The current session of the General Assembly has helped clarify the role of nurse practitioners in Kentucky. Physicians and nurse practitioners came to an agreement on prescriptive authority for NPs.

ABC News

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will meet with China's Xi Jinping

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says China's interest in the war is "not bad", as he reveals plans to meet President Xi Jinping after Beijing called for urgent peace talks to end the Ukraine war.

Reuters

U.S. warns U.N. not to be fooled by calls for unconditional truce in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it should not be fooled by calls for a temporary or unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, saying a "just and durable" peace cannot allow Russia to rest and rearm.

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