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(Frankfort, KY)- Governor Matt Bevin is no fan of government regulation. The former hedge fund manager and heir to a Connecticut bell factory, Bevin has dealt with government oversight his whole career in the private sector. As Kentucky's governor, he has the opportunity to strike back against what he calls "red tape of excessive and complex regulatory burdens" that hamper business growth in the Commonwealth.

On Thursday, the Historical Properties Advisory Commission will discuss both Jefferson Davis and Nettie Depp. Is there a possibility that Depp, a Kentucky woman and accomplished educator could take Davis' place in the Rotunda?

Paducah will celebrate the 4th of July "Live on the River" from 4 - 10 p.m. Monday

Music, kids events and magic.

And fireworks, of course.

For the schedule, follow the jump.

Murray will again celebrate Freedom Fest this weekend - events include a parade at 9:30 on the morning of the 4th followed that evening by a fireworks display sponsored by Briggs & Stratton.

For the schedule, follow the jump.

UNION CITY, TN- Discovery Park of America has learned that Popes Rides and Concessions will not be setting up on the Great Lawn for the 4^th of July weekend as planned. "This is an unfortunate change of plans," said CEO Jim Rippy. "However, we have contracted with a couple of different inflatable vendors to set up their bounce houses, obstacle courses and basketball goals on the Great Lawn throughout the weekend." Rippy went on to add that there will be no additional charge for children to enjoy the inflatables and train rides on the Great Lawn, they will be free with park admission.

Follow the jump for the schedule.

Governor Bevin today appointed ten new members to new U of L Board of Trustees. The new Board will have 13 members. In addition to the ten appointed today will be one faculty representative, one staff representative and one student representative.

For a list of the new members, follow the link.

...research has shown that taxpayers receive a high average return on investments in high-quality early childhood education, with savings in areas like improved educational outcomes, increased labor productivity, and a reduction in crime.

Yet, preschool teachers are paid less than mail order clerks, tree trimmers and pest control workers. Child care workers make less than hairdressers and janitors. In fact, most early childhood educators earn so little that they qualify for public benefits, including for the very programs they teach targeting low-income families.

MADD Camp is a weeklong camp for middle schoolers. A joint project of Hickman County Schools, Hickman County Extension and the Hickman County Arts Council, the program is free.

Breakfast, lunch and bus transport available to eligible students.

Graves County School District received more than $97,000 in utility rebates, the majority through TVA, as a result of its partnership with Harshaw Trane.

Last Thursday was a banner day for mail carrier Marie Edwards. It was her last day as a Clinton mail carrier. With her retirement, Marie joins 9,999 other baby boomers who retired that day, according to AARP.

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (June 2, 2016) -- The Kentucky Hunger Task Force began its search for innovative solutions to reduce food insecurity in the Commonwealth during its first meeting Thursday at Gallrein Farms in Shelby County. The Hunger Task Force is a product of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's first-ever Hunger Initiative.

Murray State University Hutson School of Agriculture Dean Tony Brannon is among those on the Task Force. For a full list, follow the jump.

PADUCAH, KY (June 1, 2016) - Cake Decorating Course 1 Building Buttercream Skills, a community education favorite at West Kentucky Community and Technical College is back with a special one-day course June 18 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the college's Emerging Technology Center Cyber Café.

Governor Bevin announced the launch of a dual credit program in all 173 Kentucky school districts. The program will be solely funded from the Kentucky Lottery fund.

Beginning the 2017-2018 school year, any senior can be approved for dual credit.

Is it possible that even die-hard Hillary Clinton Democrats might end up grudgingly grateful for Bernie Sanders?

She's still the all-but-certain presidential nominee. But he could be the party's Plan B if it turns out there's really something to the Clinton email "scandal."

Naturally, the Clinton campaign is downplaying that state department inspector general's report which castigated her use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. Predictably, Trump has stepped up calling her "Crooked Hillary."

A lot of Democratic rank-and-filers, including this union card-packing Sanders supporter, are of the we're 'Voting Blue No Matter Who'" persuasion. Though some of us Feel the Bern and others sport "Hillary for America" buttons, we're all getting behind whoever wins the nomination.

Right now, we're worried...

(Mayfield, KY) - Mayfield's popular Summer Music Fest is back!

The summer concert series will kick-off this Saturday, June 4th with the popular Donovan Woods One-Man-Show!

Woods will perform from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m on the courthouse lawn. The concert is free, so bring a chair, bring a friend, bring the family.

Graves County High School recently was informed that eight members of its junior class have qualified to participate in the 2016 edition of the Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program. Each will spend several weeks this summer living on a university campus somewhere in the Commonwealth, learning through postsecondary courses and adjusting to university life.

Regionalism is alive and well, Ivan and Mary Potter told a Paducah Lions Club audience last week.

Since no one dozed off and fell out of their chair after a great lunch at Walker Hall, the presenters counted the event a resounding success.

MURRAY, Ky. -- The Murray State University Town & Gown Community Band will host a free concert on Tuesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. outside Lovett Auditorium on the campus quad. The 80-member band is under the direction of Murray State's Todd Hill, comprised of various community members including Murray State students.

"America's newest governors, Kentucky Republican Matt Bevin and Louisiana Democrat John Bel Edwards, have experienced opposite fates as voters have gotten to know them better since they were elected last fall.

In the Bluegrass State, Bevin's approval rating sits at 33 percent, well below the 57 percent support which his Democratic predecessor Steve Beshear enjoyed before he left office. Edwards, meanwhile, has a 10 percent higher approval rating than the 35 percent Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal had at the end of his term." Morning Consult

Father's Day celebrates the men who did their part. Not just biological dads, but those men who stuck around to see the job done proper...

My father went away six weeks after I was born...

Staff with the West Kentucky Workforce Board and the Kentucky Career Centers will be assisting Champion Homes to recruit their first 50 employees.

A job fair has been scheduled for June 1st and June 2nd from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the Joe Creason Community Center in Benton.

As the Kentucky Community & Technical College System eliminates 506 jobs, it disclosed that it paid $815,741 last year to former president Michael McCall.

McCall, one of the highest-paid community college administrators in the country, retired in January 2015, ending a 16-year run as the only president that KCTCS ever had. The KCTCS Board of Regents gave him a one-year contract at his final annual salary to serve as president emeritus. Meanwhile, McCall moved to Isle of Palms, South Carolina, a beachfront town near Charleston.

One of the ways that Murray State University is covering the budget shortfall is by laying off the staff in its Office of Regional Outreach. Gina Winchester and her staff will no longer have jobs on June 30th.

MSU is raising tuition and cutting programs to deal with budget cuts.

... Kentucky ranks 6th-worst among states in percentage cuts to higher education since 2008 and is in the bottom 10 among states in other funding categories, according to a new report by the Center for Economic Policy.

This disinvestment once again threatens to limit students' access to higher education, as well as our state's opportunities for economic growth. For distressing statistics and a link to the new report, jump to story.