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Why are flags flown at half-staff?

If you’re driving around Northern Kentucky and see a flag being flown at half-staff, it is because of a national proclamation to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29. Flags being flown at half-staff or half-mast have been a topic of conversation nationally after federal and state orders required flags to remain […]

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Mike Johnson defended Noah’s Ark attraction in Kentucky before becoming U.S. House speaker

Written by Jamie Lucke for the Kentucky Lantern New U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully took Kentucky to court to regain tax incentives for the Ark Encounter, a 510-foot wooden replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark located off Interstate 75 in  Grant County. The state tourism cabinet had awarded the project a sales-tax rebate worth up […]

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