Written by Sarah Ladd for Kentucky Lantern Children’s laughter wafts throughout the iKids Childhood Enrichment Center in this West Kentucky town, around midday. Dozens of children, whom the center staff call “friends,” get their final bursts of energy out before the post-lunch nap. Then, they sprawl on their classroom cots and drift away to dream. This is […]
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First case of chronic wasting disease confirmed in Kentucky
Written by Liam Niemeyer for Kentucky Lantern Kentucky wildlife management officials say a deer in West Kentucky has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) — a fatal neurological disease that impacts elk, deer and other species in the deer family — marking the first such case in the state. A Kentucky Department of Fish […]
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Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll dies at 92
Written by McKenna Horsley and Jack Brammer for the Kentucky Lantern Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Morton Carroll, who focused as the state’s 54th governor from 1974 to 1979 on providing more money to education, initiating judicial reforms and promoting the coal industry, died at 4:46 a.m Sunday at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center. He was 92. […]
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State-run disaster relief funds had error rates below 1%, two reports find
Written by Liam Niemeyer for Kentucky Lantern Nearly all relief payments to Kentucky disaster survivors from state-run relief funds were made without error, according to reports released Tuesday, one by the Kentucky auditor and another by an inspector general in the Beshear administration. Republican Auditor Mike Harmon and the Office of the Inspector General of […]
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How wealthy donors legally gave even more to Democratic Party during Beshear’s campaign
Written by Tom Loftus for Kentucky Lantern Ahead of last month’s governor’s race, London Mayor Randall Weddle and other Kentuckians gave big to a type of political committee that allows wealthy donors to make massive legal contributions. Weddle, whose earlier excess contributions to Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection effort had drawn regulatory scrutiny, contributed $550,000 on Oct. […]
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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 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 […]