Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron is calling for tutoring students outside of school hours and increasing starting teacher pay to make up for the drop in Kentucky students’ performance that he blamed on school closures and virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic. The attorney general released the “Cameron […]
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Kentucky’s youth are caught in the middle as Beshear-Cameron spar over transgender care
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Ysa Leon is questioning their future in the commonwealth. The outcome of Kentucky’s gubernatorial race this November will be a deciding factor. “I’ve told my family: Be prepared in November because that might change where I’m staying after I graduate in May,” said Leon, a 20-year-old nonbinary student […]
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Court fight raises doubts about Cameron’s commitment to transparency
Written by Deborah Yetter for Kentucky Lantern Denied records it sought in 2020 from Attorney General Daniel Cameron about a Ballot Integrity Task Force he co-chairs, American Oversight, a national advocacy group, pressed on. And that set up an ongoing legal battle that open records advocates say was unnecessary and shows Cameron is unwilling to release even the […]
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Incentives for Bitcoin mining operation run by Kentucky’s largest coal producer gets regulator’s OK
Written by Liam Niemeyer for Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s utility regulator has approved more than $4 million in electricity cost discounts over several years for a Bitcoin mining operation being run by Kentucky’s largest coal producer. The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) in its Monday order said the economic development incentives offered by Louisville Gas and Electric and […]
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Beshear calls for pay raises for officers, more funding for public safety in new budget plan
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday called for more money for training, body armor and raises for law enforcement in what he says will be the first of several spending plans he’ll announce over the next month. Beshear acknowledged that governors typically reveal budget proposals around the time lawmakers […]
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Film series captures Black communities, struggles, solidarity across Kentucky
Written by Liam Niemeyer for Kentucky Lantern Sherman Neal spent many days of the summer of 2020 in the Western Kentucky college town of Murray next to a Confederate monument at the county courthouse. It was on the heels of the murder of George Floyd and the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor when Neal […]
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Kentucky’s ‘rainy day’ fund reaches new heights due to tax revenue surplus
Written by Liam Neimeyer for Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s budget reserve trust fund, commonly known as the “rainy day” fund, now sits at more than $3.7 billion in large part due to record tax revenues brought in by the state during the last fiscal year. State Budget Director John Hicks told state lawmakers at an interim […]
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Beshear: It will be ‘much more challenging’ to replace education commissioner after Glass leaves
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Gov. Andy Beshear said it will be difficult to find a new education commissioner after the current one announced this week he is leaving because of political pressure. Beshear, an incumbent Democrat who is seeking reelection, told reporters Wednesday that the departure of Education Commissioner Jason Glass will […]
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A ‘clean slate’ for Kentuckians convicted of nonviolent or low-level crimes?
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern John Bowman made mistakes, but he wants to move forward with his life, he told Kentucky lawmakers last week. The Louisa man has been in recovery for five years after overcoming an active addiction of 24 years. His drug-related felonies continue to affect him and his family today. […]
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Coleman formally joins Beshear ticket while Cameron sets running mate announcement for Wednesday
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Democratic Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman formally filed to join Gov. Andy Beshear on his reelection ticket Tuesday morning. Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general, is set to announce his choice for lieutenant governor in a Wednesday morning news conference. This year, for the first time, lieutenant […]