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Hemp Support Growing in Kentucky

Efforts to allow hemp production in Kentucky appear to be growing despite the defeat of another legalization effort this year in the General Assembly.  State Senator Joey Pendleton has repeatedly...

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Kentucky Hemp Museum Looks to Settle in Pennyrile Region

The president of the Kentucky Hemp Museum hopes to make Hopkinsville its new home. The museum had been a private collection in Lexington, consisting of various agricultural equipment and related...

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Industrial Hemp in the Jackson Purchase

The Kentucky Hemp Museum is looking to make the Jackson Purchase its new home. The museum, which was previously located in Lexington now hope to settle in Christian County, once hotbed of industrial...

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Comer: Marijuana Votes in Other States Bolster Kentucky Hemp Efforts

Enlarge image Credit kyagr.com James ComerKentucky Agriculture Secretary James Comer said recent measures in Washington and Colorado to legalize marijuana use will only strengthen efforts to allow...

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Kentucky State Police Not OK with Legalized Pot

Enlarge image Credit Barbetorte, Wikimedia Commons This month, voters in Colorado and Washington elected to legalize marijuana in their states. And this week, the superintendent of the Indiana State...

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Kentucky Sheriffs' Association Holding Judgment on Legalizing Hemp

Enlarge image Credit Wikimedia Commons Kentucky Sheriffs' Association Executive Director Jerry Wagner says his group hasn't decided on supporting or opposing legalizing industrial hemp. Wagner and...

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Hemp Commission Will Work on Proposal, Economic Impact Study

The second meeting of the state’s Industrial Hemp Commission will soon begin sorting through the details of its efforts to bring legalized hemp to Kentucky.The commission will work on the details of a...

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Hemp Industry Won't Grow Overnight, Agriculture Economists Say

As Kentucky and federal lawmakers consider legalizing industrial hemp, the chair of the University of Kentucky's agriculture economics department notes that such an industry won't rise overnight.

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KPR's Colston Sets Up 2013 Kentucky Legislative Session

Pension reform, updating liquor laws, expanded gaming, a state-wide smoking ban and legalizing the production of industrial hemp are just a few issues Kentucky Public Radio Capitol Bureau Chief Kenny...

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Hemp Gaining Momentum in General Assembly

Support for industrial hemp is growing in Kentucky behind the efforts of Agriculture Commissioner James Comer. With last week's endorsement from U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Comer now has the majority...

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Industrial Hemp Debate Continues

The industrial hemp debate will resume in Frankfort later this morning.  A bill seeking a pilot project for hemp in Kentucky will be discussed in a Senate committee.  Carrying the ball for putting hemp...

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Hemp Bill Sails Through Kentucky Senate Agriculture Committee

FRANKFORT — After testimony from a bevy of high-level supporters, the state Senate agriculture committee unanimously approved Monday a bill that would establish oversight for Kentucky  industrial hemp...

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Kentucky State Senate Passes Hemp Bill

The state Senate has passed a bill aimed at creating a hemp industry in Kentucky, though the bill's future appears to lack the support of key government leaders.

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Hemp Bill Faces Challenges in Kentucky House

An industrial hemp bill that sailed through the Kentucky Senate is facing a more skeptical House. The top House leader has doubts about the crop and a committee chairman has lots of questions. The...

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Beshear Sides with Law Enforcement Against Hemp

Gov. Steve Beshear says he wants law enforcement's concerns about industrial hemp resolved before Kentucky moves ahead with a push to grow the plant.State police oppose state Republican leaders’ effort...

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Kentucky Committee Chairmen Seeks to Scale Back Hemp Bill

A Kentucky House committee chairman says he’ll scale back an industrial hemp bill to allow the University of Kentucky to seek permission to study the crop that is currently banned by the federal...

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Industrial Hemp Supporters Ratchet Up Pressure

Industrial hemp supporters are ratcheting up the pressure to force a vote on a stalled bill that would allow farmers in Kentucky to grow the crop if federal ban is lifted. A group led by state...

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House Committee Passes Hemp Bill, but Floor Vote Uncertain

In its second try, the Kentucky House agriculture committee approved a bill Wednesday creating a regulatory framework for growing hemp in Kentucky, if the federal government were to legalize it.The...

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Kentucky Hemp Supporters Blast Amendment Calling for Further Study

Kentucky's industrial hemp supporters lashed out Thursday against a last-minute amendment to the hemp bill that's been under consideration this year in the General Assembly.

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Beshear Reacts to Hemp, Religion Bills

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says he still has concerns about the only bill to get a veto over-ride in this year's legislative session and doesn’t know if he’ll allow hemp legislation to become law. The...

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