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 […]
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Student absenteeism up as Kentucky schools recover from some hard years
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s new School Report Card shows the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic on student learning. Interim Education Commissioner Robin Fields Kinney told reporters Tuesday that “a multi-year recovery period” will likely be needed “before school performance really gets back” to pre-pandemic levels. Kinney and other state education officials […]
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Kentucky’s ban on transgender medical care for minors headed to U.S. Supreme Court, ACLU says
Written by Sarah Ladd for the Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the 2023 law banning certain gender affirming medical care for transgender minors. This comes more than a month after the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to […]
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Coleman and Mills defend their running mates’ positions in KET debate
Written by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern Democratic Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Republican state Sen. Robby Mills, who are the running mates of Kentucky’s gubernatorial candidates, faced each other Monday night in a debate on KET. The debate is the only joint appearance between Coleman and Mills in which they can speak for […]
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Kelly and Joe Craft give the max to Trump’s rivals in GOP field for president
Written by Tom Loftus for the Kentucky Lantern Kelly Craft, who failed to secure Donald Trump’s endorsement in last May’s Republican primary for Kentucky governor, has donated to six Republican candidates for president in recent months. None of the six is Donald Trump. Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show that since June 26 […]
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Mike Johnson defended Noah’s Ark attraction in Kentucky before becoming U.S. House speaker
Written by Jamie Lucke for the Kentucky Lantern New U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully took Kentucky to court to regain tax incentives for the Ark Encounter, a 510-foot wooden replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark located off Interstate 75 in Grant County. The state tourism cabinet had awarded the project a sales-tax rebate worth up […]