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Two new auto carrier companies from East Tennessee are under scrutiny by state and federal investigators.More >> Two new auto carrier companies from East Tennessee are under scrutiny by state and federal investigators.More >> Multiple students were busted at a Knox County middle school for having alcohol at school.More >> Multiple students were busted at a Knox County middle school for having alcohol at school.More >> The Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting next week to update the public on the clean-up of the 2008 coal ash spill.More >> The Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting next week to update the public on the clean-up of the 2008 coal ash spill.More >> Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.More >> Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.More >> Two people were taken to the hospital after a car went off the interstate and flipped several times, before going down an embankment.More >> Two people were taken to the hospital after a car went off the interstate and flipped several times, before going down an embankment.More >> The site of a former pulp and paper mill in Harriman has been listed as a hazardous waste site and added to the EPA's list of priorities for Superfund designation.More >> The site of a former pulp and paper mill in Harriman has been listed as a hazardous waste site and added to the EPA's list of priorities for Superfund designation.More >> An employee at a Hamblen County animal shelter is accused of stealing more than $50,000 in adoption fees and other funds.More >> An employee at a Hamblen County animal shelter is accused of stealing more than $50,000 in adoption fees and other funds.More >> Officials are offering up to a $22,000 reward for information leading to convictions in the shooting of two bald eagles in eastern Tennessee.More >> Officials are offering up to a $22,000 reward for information leading to convictions in the shooting of two bald eagles in eastern Tennessee.More >> Strong storms are likely in East Tennessee Wednesday, bringing with them a chance for flooding, wind damage and hail.More >> Strong storms are likely in East Tennessee Wednesday, bringing with them a chance for flooding, wind damage and hail.More >> Police are looking for the driver of a car that ran an Anderson County school bus off the road Tuesday morning, sending three students to the hospital.More >> Police are looking for the driver of a car that ran an Anderson County school bus off the road Tuesday morning, sending three students to the hospital.More >>
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A bill to re-establish industrial hemp in Kentucky if the versatile crop gets a federal pardon has won approval from a state Senate committee.
The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the bill on Monday after hearing from a lineup of hemp supporters that included U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and U.S. Reps. John Yarmuth and Thomas Massie. Paul said that legalizing hemp has the potential to create jobs processing the crop into a variety of products.
Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer raised concerns about a comeback for hemp including the difficulty for law enforcement in distinguishing between hemp and marijuana.
Hemp production is banned in the U.S. because the plant is related to marijuana. Hemp has a negligible content of the psychoactive compound that gives marijuana users a high.
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