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4 days ago · BY Ashley Murray - November 12, 2024. Trump readies for mass deportations with reported pick of Noem as Homeland Security chief. BY Ariana Figueroa - November 12, 2024. BRIEF. ‘New Kentucky Home’ marketing push entices participation with chance at state park stay. BY Lantern staff - November 12, 2024. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES.
Trump’s win puts Beshear firmly in the hunt to succeed him
14 hours ago · November 15, 2024 5:30 am. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear walks onstage before speaking during the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s victory was a wrecking ball to the Democratic Party, but a boon to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
Kentucky State Capitol to get portraits of four new women …
1 day ago · The names of four successful Kentucky women — Alberta O. Jones, Ada Limón, Amanda Matthews and Kim Michele Richardson — were recommended to Gov. Andy Beshear by a selection panel unanimously, his office said. Portraits of the women will be “made and unveiled later,” according to a spokeswoman for the governor. The four new members of ...
East Kentucky Power planning natural gas expansion including a ...
13 hours ago · A Kentucky electric utility is planning a significant expansion of natural-gas fired power including the conversion of existing coal-fired plants, a move that mirrors similar plans by other electric utilities serving the state.. East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) leaders at a Somerset gathering Thursday announced their plans to build two new natural gas-fired power plants and convert its ...
News - Kentucky Lantern
5 days ago · BY: Lantern staff - November 8, 2024. Kentucky has been chosen as the site for a $435 million TNT production facility as the United States resumes domestic production of the explosive for the first time since the 1980s, according to a news release from U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. The Army will award a contract to Repkon USA ...
Commentary - Kentucky Lantern
BY: Teri Carter - October 23, 2024. In an op-ed released by Kentucky’s Senate Majority Caucus touting its achievements, Senate President Robert Stivers and state Sen. Chris McDaniel criticized Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear for attempting “to take credit for these improvements” when the legislature has done the work. This is a consistent ...
What now for education after Kentuckians reject GOP's 'school …
Nov 8, 2024 · Election Day at the Landsdowne Elementary School precinct in Lexington, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes) After Kentucky voters thwarted a Republican-backed “school choice” amendment, the legislature’s supermajority will likely focus on holding “poorly performing school systems” accountable, said Republican Senate ...
Women will make up majority of Kentucky Supreme Court for first …
5 days ago · In 1963, only 4% of first-year law students were female, rising to 20% in 1973, 39% in 1983 and 44% by 1993. In Kentucky last year women made up the majority of law students at the University of Louisville (53%) and Northern Kentucky University (55%). Female and male enrollment were about even at the University of Kentucky in 2023-24 with 203 ...
Kentuckians have a right to know when public officials abuse their ...
Oct 11, 2024 · The public also needs to know when government officials abuse their power, as they have long been wont to do. FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s attorney general and two University of Louisville physicians waged a legal battle for more than a year that almost no one knew about — even though it involved the Republican candidate for governor and an ...
Consumer advocates mourn departure of Kentucky’s top utility …
By: Liam Niemeyer - July 1, 2024 7:39 pm. Kent Chandler, the former chair of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, speaking before lawmakers in June. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer) The chair of Kentucky’s utility regulator is leaving the post after almost three years to the disappointment of some consumer advocates.
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