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A GOP lawmaker wants more scrutiny of anti-competitive practices in road paving in Kentucky in hopes of saving taxpayers money.
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Single-bid paving contracts taking a bite out of KY taxpayers? GOP lawmaker wants to know. • Kentucky Lantern
A GOP lawmaker wants more scrutiny of anti-competitive practices in road paving in Kentucky in hopes of saving taxpayers money.
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February 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
A GOP lawmaker wants more scrutiny of anti-competitive practices in road paving in Kentucky in hopes of saving taxpayers money.
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A Republican-backed bill that would put Kentucky public universities and colleges under a uniform approach to firing faculty members for financial reasons advanced from a House committee Tuesday morning.
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Committee passes uniform way for Kentucky universities to fire professors for financial reasons • Kentucky Lantern
A Republican-backed bill that would put Kentucky public universities and colleges under a uniform approach to firing faculty members for financial reasons advanced from a House committee Tuesday morni...
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February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
A Republican-backed bill that would put Kentucky public universities and colleges under a uniform approach to firing faculty members for financial reasons advanced from a House committee Tuesday morning.
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5 charged with taking kickbacks, bribes to ease driver’s licensing for non-citizens in Kentucky
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5 charged with taking kickbacks, bribes to ease driver’s licensing for non-citizens • Kentucky Lantern
Five Louisville residents have been charged with fraud and money laundering in an alleged conspiracy to collect money from people who were not U.S. citizens, but legally present in the country, to ski...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
5 charged with taking kickbacks, bribes to ease driver’s licensing for non-citizens in Kentucky
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Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in US Senate
16,000 opt for higher deductible as monthly premiums jump
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16,000 opt for higher deductible as monthly premiums jump
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Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in US Senate • Kentucky Lantern
About 89,000 Kentuckians enrolled in an Affordable Care Act health plan for 2026, down from about 97,000 last year.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in US Senate
16,000 opt for higher deductible as monthly premiums jump
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16,000 opt for higher deductible as monthly premiums jump
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Commentary by @jbaileyky.bsky.social @kypolicy.bsky.social
A choice is hidden in the pages of Kentucky’s next state budget.
Who is Kentucky for?
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A choice is hidden in the pages of Kentucky’s next state budget.
Who is Kentucky for?
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A choice is hidden in the pages of Kentucky's next state budget • Kentucky Lantern
Improving this budget will be necessary, because there are grave problems with it as filed. And hidden among its many words and numbers is a choice.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Commentary by @jbaileyky.bsky.social @kypolicy.bsky.social
A choice is hidden in the pages of Kentucky’s next state budget.
Who is Kentucky for?
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A choice is hidden in the pages of Kentucky’s next state budget.
Who is Kentucky for?
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Commentary by Teri Carter
I watched Barr’s ad more than a dozen times, and the central message seems to be: I am a white Christian man who will make liberals cry.
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I watched Barr’s ad more than a dozen times, and the central message seems to be: I am a white Christian man who will make liberals cry.
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A low bar for Andy Barr and Kentucky’s US Senate campaign • Kentucky Lantern
Watching Republican Andy Barr’s ad inflaming white hysteria, we see we are stuck in the past, in racist tropes, in in immoral morass of bigotry
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February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Commentary by Teri Carter
I watched Barr’s ad more than a dozen times, and the central message seems to be: I am a white Christian man who will make liberals cry.
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I watched Barr’s ad more than a dozen times, and the central message seems to be: I am a white Christian man who will make liberals cry.
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A national group that tests optometrists for licensure in all 50 states blasts Kentucky’s licensing board, saying it is failing to protect the public.
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Kentucky fixes still don’t 'prioritize patient protection,’ says national optometry board • Kentucky Lantern
U.S. optometry examiners blast Kentucky licensing board, saying it's failing to protect the public or ensure competent eye care.
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February 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
A national group that tests optometrists for licensure in all 50 states blasts Kentucky’s licensing board, saying it is failing to protect the public.
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Pyrrhic total victory
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
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February 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Pyrrhic total victory
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling
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February 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize’ elections have state, local election officials bracing for tumult
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Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize’ elections have state, local election officials bracing for tumult • Kentucky Lantern
State and local election officials are bracing for the prospect of federal action after President Donald Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize’ elections have state, local election officials bracing for tumult
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Few ideas are as central to the nation’s identity as that of the American Dream.
With the 250th birthday of the United States coming up in July 2026, it’s worth stepping back to examine a concept essential to the nation’s self-image.
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With the 250th birthday of the United States coming up in July 2026, it’s worth stepping back to examine a concept essential to the nation’s self-image.
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What is the American Dream, and has it become harder to achieve in recent years? • Kentucky Lantern
With the nation's 250th birthday coming up, it’s worth examining a idea central to its identity — the American Dream.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Few ideas are as central to the nation’s identity as that of the American Dream.
With the 250th birthday of the United States coming up in July 2026, it’s worth stepping back to examine a concept essential to the nation’s self-image.
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With the 250th birthday of the United States coming up in July 2026, it’s worth stepping back to examine a concept essential to the nation’s self-image.
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For 50 years the legislature has waived tuition and fees at public universities and colleges for Kentuckians who have passed their 65th birthdays.
That would end if an education committee chair has his way.
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That would end if an education committee chair has his way.
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Free tuition for older Kentuckians is in peril • Kentucky Lantern
A 50-year old tuition waiver for Kentuckians 65 and older would end if the Republican chairman of an education committee has his way.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
For 50 years the legislature has waived tuition and fees at public universities and colleges for Kentuckians who have passed their 65th birthdays.
That would end if an education committee chair has his way.
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That would end if an education committee chair has his way.
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She missed son’s milestones while jailed in addiction. Now she’s working to change Kentucky law. kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/26/s...
She missed son’s milestones while jailed in addiction. Now she’s working to change Kentucky law. • Kentucky Lantern
The Family Preservation and Accountability Act would allow judges to consider an alternative sentence for parents charged with low-level, nonviolent crimes to keep Kentucky families together.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:19 AM
She missed son’s milestones while jailed in addiction. Now she’s working to change Kentucky law. kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/26/s...
As Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/b...
As Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It
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January 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM
As Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/b...
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Peer support specialists file suit to block KY law that would put many of them out of work
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Peer support specialists file suit to block KY law that would put many of them out of work • Kentucky Lantern
A lawsuit seeks to block a new Kentucky law that stands to put many peer support specialists out of work.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Peer support specialists file suit to block KY law that would put many of them out of work
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Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’
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January 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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KY General Assembly that starts tomorrow is going to be very different for the public
No galleries for observers, no rotunda for rallies.
And it won’t be the last in temporary quarters as Capitol undergoes lengthy renovation.
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No galleries for observers, no rotunda for rallies.
And it won’t be the last in temporary quarters as Capitol undergoes lengthy renovation.
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This Kentucky General Assembly is going to be very different for the public • Kentucky Lantern
A big change is in store for lawmakers and the public when the Kentucky General Assembly begins its 2026 session Tuesday.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:33 PM
KY General Assembly that starts tomorrow is going to be very different for the public
No galleries for observers, no rotunda for rallies.
And it won’t be the last in temporary quarters as Capitol undergoes lengthy renovation.
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No galleries for observers, no rotunda for rallies.
And it won’t be the last in temporary quarters as Capitol undergoes lengthy renovation.
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Commentary by Suzanne Barker Griffith and Paula Bowling
Ever rising power rates sabotage efforts to rebuild economy in Eastern Kentucky
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Ever rising power rates sabotage efforts to rebuild economy in Eastern Kentucky
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Ever rising power rates sabotage efforts to rebuild economy in Eastern Kentucky • Kentucky Lantern
Another increase in the industrial electrical rate, already one of the state's highest, will hurt efforts to rebuild the economy in Eastern Kentucky.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Commentary by Suzanne Barker Griffith and Paula Bowling
Ever rising power rates sabotage efforts to rebuild economy in Eastern Kentucky
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Ever rising power rates sabotage efforts to rebuild economy in Eastern Kentucky
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In what could be a “game changer” someday for Kentuckians with small cell lung cancer, the University of Kentucky has treated the first patient in the country with a novel drug currently in the early stages of human trials.
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UK first in nation to treat small cell lung cancer patient with new immunotherapy • Kentucky Lantern
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center this fall treated the first patient in the country with a novel immunitherapy drug.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
In what could be a “game changer” someday for Kentuckians with small cell lung cancer, the University of Kentucky has treated the first patient in the country with a novel drug currently in the early stages of human trials.
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Defense Department will try to downgrade Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay, seeking to punish him for a video telling members of the military they don't have to follow illegal orders.
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Pentagon will try to penalize Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly for illegal orders video • Kentucky Lantern
Defense Department moves to downgrade Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay, seeking to punish him for urging military to not follow illegal orders.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Defense Department will try to downgrade Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay, seeking to punish him for a video telling members of the military they don't have to follow illegal orders.
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This is so creepy.
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Identity-based event titles changed, university faculty hesitant to speak with media
University of Kentucky faculty members have expressed concern over the revision of identity-based speaker event advertisements, saying it threatens free speech. Three speaker events across three UK de...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
This is so creepy.
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The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/c...
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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Kentucky Senate Republicans respond, citing "the weather Kentuckians have experienced recently" in defense of continued use of fossil fuels for power generation.
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Kentucky Senate Republicans respond, citing "the weather Kentuckians have experienced recently" in defense of continued use of fossil fuels for power generation.
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Kentuckians could save billions if utilities moved beyond fossil fuels, study finds • Kentucky Lantern
A new study argues Kentucky ratepayers could see billions of dollars in savings through 2050 if utilities moved beyond fossil fuels.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Kentucky Senate Republicans respond, citing "the weather Kentuckians have experienced recently" in defense of continued use of fossil fuels for power generation.
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Kentucky Senate Republicans respond, citing "the weather Kentuckians have experienced recently" in defense of continued use of fossil fuels for power generation.
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Kentucky attorney general's office demands resignation of fish and wildlife board chair • Kentucky Lantern
The Kentucky Attorney General is demanding the resignation of the board chair overseeing the state’s wildlife management agency.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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