Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern With little more than a month before the election filing deadline, a few more candidates have signed papers seeking election to the Kentucky General Assembly and U.S. Congress. The deadline is Jan. 5, 2024 to file to appear on the primary election ballot. Next year, Kentucky voters […]
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Study: Kentuckians increasingly excluded from lawmaking process by fast-track maneuvers
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern The League of Women Voters of Kentucky released a report Wednesday that found the General Assembly has increasingly fast-tracked bills in a manner that makes citizen participation nearly impossible — about a month before lawmakers return to Frankfort in January. The League’s analysis found that fewer than 5% […]
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How can Kentucky tackle veterinarian shortage? Working group presents its ideas
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s Veterinary Shortage Working Group met Tuesday to finalize a report 18 months in the making. The report includes ways Kentucky can bring more veterinarians, especially those who practice on large animals, into the profession and give them further support to practice in Kentucky. The group, which […]
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Kentucky could win ‘massive’ solar investment in federal competition: Here’s what’s possible
Written by Liam Niemeyer for the Kentucky Lantern An unlikely collaboration between a Kentucky coalfield county and Kentucky’s largest city began when a former high school English teacher, Megan Downey, walked into the Lawrence County courthouse in Louisa in August. Inspired by a personal desire to find ways to tackle the impacts of climate change, […]
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Pitched as ‘opioid alternative,’ laser robot treats pain without pills
Written by Sarah Ladd for the Kentucky Lantern Stefanie Nasca’s car is her office, and she drives it at least six hours a day across Kentucky and Indiana for her lab sales job. So, when the Louisville woman suffered back pain, she couldn’t take a break from the extensive driving and sitting. “I would go […]
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Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice commissioner resigns effective Jan. 1
Written by Sarah Ladd for the Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Vicki Reed has resigned, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. Beshear, who will begin his second term Dec. 12, also announced that Jeremy Slinker, director of Kentucky Emergency Management, is leaving the administration to take a job with the Federal Emergency Management […]
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AG-elect Coleman plans to target public corruption, drugs, violent crime, child exploitation
Written by Jamie Lucke for Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s next attorney general, Republican Russell Coleman, said Tuesday that combating public corruption will be one of his priorities but declined to speak specifically about London Mayor Randall Weddle’s use of “straw donors” to make excessive contributions to Gov. Andy Beshear’s campaign and the Kentucky Democratic Party. Flanked by his […]
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How are Kentucky’s kids faring? New report offers education, health insights
Written by Sarah Ladd for Kentucky Lantern Fewer Kentucky kindergarteners were ready to learn in the 2022-2023 school year than in 2018, according to a new report that measures child welfare. This insight comes from the Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book, released by Kentucky Youth Advocates Wednesday. Kids Count is part of a national […]
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More Kentuckians cast early votes as they decide between Beshear and Cameron
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern More Kentucky voters took advantage of early voting this year ahead of Tuesday’s general election — which includes what will likely be a narrow governor’s race. On Election Day, polls will open in Kentucky from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. During last week’s early voting […]
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Beshear and Cameron launch star-studded bus tours to make final pitch to voters
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern With mere days left before Kentucky’s general election and as early voting begins, both Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Daniel Cameron are making final-hour pleas to voters across the commonwealth. As they embarked on their respective bus tours, both candidates were […]
