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Today's Big Stories
1. Gov. Andy Beshear defends FEMA as agency faces uncertain future
President Donald Trump's administration has suggested eliminating the agency.
2. KYL: Significant rollback of Kentucky’s regulation of water pollution becomes law
Senate Bill 89, sponsored by Sen. Scott Madon, R-Pineville, would considerably narrow the definition of state waters that are regulated by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, as shared by our partner, The Kentucky Lantern.
3. Applications being accepted for Louisville's new Bezos Academies
Construction is moving along on several Bezos Academies in the Louisville region, a network of tuition-free Montessori preschools serving under-resourced communities.
4. Kentucky Derby Festival galloping into Spring with new events
“ParadeFest” will take place before the Pegasus Parade gets rolling down Broadway on Saturday, April 5 and the Derby Festival 5K makes its debut Friday, April 25.
Bluegrass Buzz
Bella Phelps is this week’s Spectrum News High School Scholar. She has a 4.2 GPA at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood. Phelps Has written four novels in the Young Adult Fantasy genre, and the latest was picked up by an agent. She volunteers at a local hospital and was selected by her peers to be on the “Hope Squad” to fight teen suicide.
