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More candidates file to run for Kentucky’s congressional seats and General Assembly

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...

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...

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...

Health-care worker shortage hitting Kentucky ‘especially hard,’ says hospital association exec

Written by Melissa Patrick for Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Hospital Association’s annual Workforce Survey Report says Kentucky suffers from an “acute shortage” of health care...

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...

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...

Moms for Liberty removes two Kentucky chapter leaders who posed with far-right Proud Boys

Written by Ali Swenson for the Associated Press Moms for Liberty says it has removed two Kentucky chapter chairs from leadership positions after the women posed...

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...

Sen. John Schickel announces retirement

Boone County Senator John Schickel (R-Union) has announced his retirement. Schickel has been representing the 11th District in Boone County since 2009, and he...

Mark Metcalf wins race for treasurer

The Associated Press has called the race for state treasurer for Republican Mark Metcalf, who defeated Democrat Michael Bowman with about 56 percent of...

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