Some may be shocked to know that I ask more than one question a week as a reporter

The senior meal delivery and congregate meal programs dramatically expanded during COVID This is essentially a return to pre-pandemic levels… which means a lot of seniors will go back on waiting lists

Out of Kentucky’s 120 counties, one in six has had a sheriff criminally charged or convicted since 2010. Some of those sheriffs remain in office. Read part one of my @courierjournal investigation: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/i...

The 2025 session of the Kentucky legislature may have ended in March, but businesses and advocacy groups still spent $10 million lobbying lawmakers in the subsequent five months, including hosting receptions for them at out-of-state conferences. From KPR: #kyga25 #kyga26

University of Kentucky terminates former head of racehorse drug-testing lab kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/11/u...

This is a fascinating case (lest you thought Kentucky was finished with its school choice debates!) Amendment 2 may have failed, but the AGs office is arguing these public charters should actually count as part of the common (read public) school system Read more ⬇️⬇️

Seems like the justices are split on this, based on oral arguments. Full disclosure: LPM is suing JCPS over their use of text messages to hide public communications. This case could have big repercussions for our ability to hold officials accountable

Update on this: since I wrote the story, nearly every Democrat has signed on (looks like we’re waiting for one more) It also has 4 Republican signatures — same as yesterday. Assuming that last Dem signs on, that means it’s on Massie to get those last two votes

“It is reprehensible to hear (@mayorgreenberg.bsky.social)'s press secretary speaking with such contempt toward a reporter and attempting to bully him simply for asking questions,” the SPJ’s board said. “Intimidation of this kind undermines democracy and the public trust.”

It’s my third year at the annual Country Ham breakfast. No I don’t eat ham but I’m certainly looking at a lot of it According to @mckennahorsley.bsky.social the ham at the front of the room is fake?? I sincerely cannot tell

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell presents a lifetime achievement award to Cathy Bell, a longtime party volunteer who has served in multiple roles in the KYGOP. Morris campaign had called on RKP to rescind the award from McConnell, but the award was a surprise for Bell.

Trump's federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing rule changes that would limit the authority of its own district safety managers to require tailored safety measures at individual mines. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

U of L Health is delaying its South End birthing center “indefinitely. They're blaming Medicaid cuts www.lpm.org/news/2025-08... When we reported on these federal cuts earlier this year, many advocates told us that labor & delivery and emergency care are often the first to go

ANNND here it is! All you need to know about this year's Fancy Farm and the latest on the GOP primary to replace McConnell (unless you're there for the bingo and barbecue) www.wkms.org/government-p...

If you ever wondered if Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Shea Nickell can sing, wonder no longer (From the West Ky GOP Rally)

Hundreds of Kentuckians have been cited in the year since a new state law went into effect making it a crime to sleep outside. Advocates & service providers say this is pushing them farther from populated areas and the resources that can help them move out of homelessness. From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org

Per ACLU, the two Cincinnati reporters who were arrested while they covered an ICE protest as it crossed the bridge into Covington, Ky have had the most serious charges dropped but are still facing misdemeanors Story from our partners at WVXU TK, but here's a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX76...

A Louisville judge has issued temporary protections for unionizing renters facing alleged retaliation in Brandenburg and Flemingsburg, as the Louisville Tenants Union expands into more rural parts of the state. From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org

Reminder: Ky General Assembly passed a bill just this year rolling back any state-specific worker protection rules So Kentucky is largely reliant on federal minimums for workplace safety apnews.com/article/labo...

Planned Parenthood will close its Evansville, Ind. health clinic. @lpm.org's Southern Indiana reporter lays out what this means for patients there and across Indiana, and how it's connected to the Trump admin. and GOP-run Congress's attempt to defund PP.

Louisville is changing its policy on how long it detains people accused of being in the country illegally. From @aminamania.bsky.social www.lpm.org/news/2025-07...

Story out from KyCIR's @storiesbyjess.bsky.social this morning: Why and how did JCPS pay for a giant billboard to thank the outgoing superintendent? Once she started asking questions, the district’s internal auditor launched an inquiry www.lpm.org/investigate/...

Kentucky roll call AYE: Barr, Comer, Guthrie, Massie, Rogers NO: McGarvey kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/18/r...

Already rescission is having big impact. Right off the bat, KET is doing exactly what they said they'd have to. They will not be broadcasting Fancy Farm this year. I'll be there. @wkmsfm.bsky.social will be there. Please support our work so we don't have to cut coverage or programming!

Yes I came in early today to make this gem. Graphic design is my passion. If you liked my bee reporting here's your call to action!! www.lpm.org/news/2025-07...

It's official. The cuts are approved by both the House and Senate and on their way to the President's desk. While this decision is devastating for millions of Americans that rely on public media - the one thing this bill CANNOT take away is our commitment to you. Donate today at wkms.org.

This is a huge blow to public broadcasting across the country — including the work I and my colleagues are doing every day LPM is now in emergency drive to make up $376,000. If you benefit from the work we do and are in a position to help, please consider donating donate.lpm.org/membership?r...

Former LMPD detective Brett Hankison was convicted of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights by firing blindly into her apartment. The U.S. Probation Office recommended a sentence of 11 to 14 years, but the Trump DOJ is now recommending a one-day sentence.

Im telling you, I have never been so delighted reporting on or putting together a story Highly recommend a listen!

This explains the failure to communicate since 12/10/19: Reading a Kentucky cabinet leader's personnel file, we find a memo that says don't talk to reporters; refer press inquiries to the governor's press secretary. Once upon a time, we had access to state government offices and officials. ^JC

Long story short: Dems out raising Reps for now, but remember we have at least one more R, Deanna Gordon, jumping in and another likely so we could see some fundraising surge once the lineup is set

The Kentucky Court of Appeals partially reversed a lower court's decision, finding a Jewish woman is allowed to sue over Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban. From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org. #kyga25

400 miles upstream from Louisville, the Chemours Co.’s Washington Works operation in West Virginia has been releasing higher-than-permitted amounts of a forever chemical into the Ohio River. @morganwatkins.lpm.org of KyCIR digs in:

There is also a public comment hearing in Louisville tonight for this LG&E case requesting PSC approval to build out $3.7 billion of power generating infrastructure. 6 p.m. at the Jefferson Community & Technical College’s Southwest Campus Auditorium at 1000 Community College Drive.

Excellent story by @hannahsaad.bsky.social This is a great example of a new law that has interesting goals (and potentially funky unintended consequences, according to some educators)

We literally got another press release just this morning from Barr also bashing Morris. Makes you wonder who the candidates think the Trump endorsement will be going to...

We've got the 2025 edition of the lawmaker vote tracker up! It's a computer program that tracks how each Kentucky state lawmaker voted in the legislative session. Our reporters singled out 18 of the most important bills of the session. Want more? Read on... www.lpm.org/2025votetrac...

This just one example of how that hold is impacting Kentucky. The Trump admin is also freezing several grants that fund professional development, student success initiatives and migrant education across Ky

Fascinating TCSG poll I got in my text messages this morning. Testing for political extremism perhaps?

Ralph Alvarado, a former Kentucky state senator and Tennessee's current state health commissioner, who I assume lives in Tennessee now, says he may run for central KY Congressman Andy Barr's current/old seat next year. He was also Matt Bevin's running mate when he lost in 2019.

Perhaps needless to say, but their reasons for doing so are very different from Kentucky’s one Dem Congressman Morgan McGarvey, who joined all other Dems in voting no too

House Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries just broken the House record for the longest floor speech. He's now at 8 hours and 34 minutes. The House is expected to vote on Trump's mega spending and tax bill after he finishes. I'll be back with how our Congressmen in Kentucky vote

“Everybody thinks of bourbon & horses as our signature industries... but the economic impact of Kentucky's hospitals is larger than bourbon and horses combined." That's from a top executive of the Kentucky Hospital Association, who is warning the Senate megabill will 'devastate' Kentucky.

A Trump-backed PAC is spending $1 million on TV ads attacking northern Kentucky GOP Congressman Thomas Massie over voting against Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” and opposing his military strike against Iran. Massie says the ads are an attempt by the "DC Swamp" and "foreign lobbyists" to silence him.

Well well well just got a little text. Invite to a rally with Nate Morris hosted by one Charlie Kirk. This will be interesting (FYI got a text about the same event Tues without Morris’s picture)

These systems (and Medicaid reimbursements in general) are very complicated. Long story short: Ky hospitals are very worried about not getting these payments that basically boost their reimbursement rates

This has implications for Kentucky too -- the General Assembly passed its own age verification law last year that effectively drove Pornhub from the state. Looks pretty similar to the law in the new SCOTUS decision

BREAKING: Supreme Court limits universal injunctions issued by federal courts in birthright citizenship case decision

Seems like this could have some implications for science and teaching evolution in the classroom too

New laws are going into effect TODAY in Kentucky! (if they weren't labeled an emergency or explicitly say some other later date) We're talking anti-DEI in universities, anti-trans care in prisons, moment of silence in public schools, and more. Read all about it ⤵️ www.lpm.org/news/2025-06...