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Updated: Who, what, where, when supplied by March co-organizer, Peter Murphy for Saturday morning March for Equality and Social Justice in Murray.

Schedule and March information follow.

WASHINGTON - House Democrats voted to elect Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) of Louisville as Ranking Member of the powerful House Budget Committee for the 115^th Congress, set to begin in January. Yarmuth was elected unanimously by the Caucus's 198 members.

The Delta Regional Commission announced multiple programs to help communities in West Kentucky. Among them, the Merryman House in Paducah. Merryman Kemp led a campaign for safe housing for survivors of domestic abuse. The DRA is kicking in $256,500 toward expansion of the Paducah facility. Total project cost will be $2.185 million. For other projects, follow the jump.

Only four members of the pre-Bevin Kentucky Arts Council kept their seats. Cadiz resident Paul Fourshee is a hold over and the only member from west of Bowling Green.

Executive Director Lori Meadows resigned from the post she held since 2005. Ironically, also off the board is Darlene Mazzone, whose Paducah Life magazine just won the media award in the Governor's Awards.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2016) - The maximum homestead exemption on real estate owned by qualified persons has been set at $37,600 for the 2017 and 2018 tax periods. The 2017-2018 exemption reflects a $700 increase over the 2015 - 2016 exemption of $36,900.

PTHS senior Michael-Ellen Walden has been named a Commended Student in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship program.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise.

Santa Claus, miles of Christmas lights, dinosaurs and music are December attractions at the Discovery Park of America.

Schedule follows the jump.

The Cabinet is winter-ready, fully stocked with a supply of 431,200 tons of salt, 1.1 million gallons of salt brine and 1.1 million gallons of calcium chloride.

The Cabinet has approximately 980 deployable trucks and plows among the 125 snow and ice front line maintenance crews. Another 451 contracted trucks are available to assist in snow and ice operations.