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New laws ban pythons, loosen gun control, restrict smoking and prohibit texting while drivingJuly 1 is the effective date in many states for laws passed during this year's legislative sessions. Some of those laws, by topic: Animals: _ Florida outlaws personal ownership ...

Ky. governor to sign bill that allows schools to compete for $200 million in federal fundsState lawmakers axed a charter schools proposal from fast-tracked legislation intended to strengthen Kentucky's application for a massive infusion of federal school improvement money. The move Wednesday ...

Floor vote planned for bill to make Ky. eligible for up to $200 million in education fundingA fast-tracked proposal intended to strengthen Kentucky's application for a massive infusion of federal school improvement money will face revisions before receiving a floor vote, Senate ...

Black-white disparity: A look at how states compare to national averageA look at the achievement gap between black and white students on nationwide reading and math tests in 2007, according to a new Education Department report. Tests were graded on a 500-point ...

Survey shows more Americans think college degree essential, but also worry it's out of reachThe number of Americans who think a college degree is essential for success has risen dramatically in recent years, a new survey shows, but two-thirds of them also ...

Campus sticker shock: Families expect big tuition spike as states cut college fundingMost high school seniors and their families have not made final college plans for next fall. But they know this: It's probably going to cost more than they had planned. ...

Ailing universities try to stem student defections by stepping up out-of-state recruitingFor 20 years, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's enrollment numbers have languished, proving so vexing it cost a top campus administrator his job in 2006. Much of the problem, the chancellor contends, is ...

Hawaii teachers resist random drug testing they agreed to in exchange for pay raiseHawaii public school teachers signed off on first-in-the-nation statewide random drug testing in exchange for pay raises, but now the state claims the educators are trying to take the ...

W. Kentucky 0 3 3 7_13 Virginia Tech 10 10 7 0_27 First Quarter VT_FG Keys 27, 7:38. VT_Boone 27 pass from T.Taylor (Keys kick), 2:11. Second Quarter WKen_FG Siewert 48, 13:53. VT_Evans 1 run (Keys kick), :25. VT_FG Keys 22, :01. ...

Topic: Kentucky

New laws for guns, smoking, drinking and texting

Charter school plan is axed, Ky. ed bill passes

Ky. Senate begins deliberations on education bill

Black-white disparity: How states compare

Survey: College increasingly important but pricey

Families await sharpest tuition increases in years

Universities step up their out-of-state recruiting

Hawaii attempts random drug tests of teachers

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