Great story on coal power and energy bills here from @tatecurtis.bsky.social

New Mexico's chief medical officer has provided a COVID-19 vaccine prescription for all residents that the department recommends people bring when they go to get a vaccine just to ensure no problems.

Trump Education Department to divert grants from colleges serving students of color @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/11/r...

“In at least one instance, officials admitted a worker was employed legally and forced him to leave the country anyway, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.”

Kentucky lawmaker wants to focus on distracted driving in his farewell session. Sen. Jimmy Higdon’s colleagues praise his influence in the legislature. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/12/k...

The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about whether discussions of government business conducted via private cell phones are subject to the state’s open records law. @jamielucke.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/10/t...

"Should we just ignore the nearly two thirds of the voters who do not wish to have taxpayer funds used in this manner?” asks Justice Pamela Goodwine. Kentucky Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of 2022 charter school law. @jamielucke.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/11/c...

Stop Acting Like This Is Normal Should Dems shut down the government to save it from Trump’s corruption? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

KY’s Democratic governor warns of possible state revenue shortfall. GOP House speaker is skeptical. kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/04/k...

London Mayor Randall Weddle enters the courtroom ahead of his impeachment hearing today.

Commentary by Ken Miller 'Road to Serfdom' If President Trump succeeds in bending the Federal Reserve to his will, don't expect prosperity but an economy ruled by favoritism and fear. kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/05/a...

Even though callers have lost access to a line dedicated to support the LGBTQ+ community, the director of a 988 crisis line in Kentucky says “help is still there.” @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/05/9...

Poynter meme Friday genuinely makes me feel so seen every week without fail

@lblackford.bsky.social "The Senate held a vote of no-confidence in Capilouto .... Then the administration tried to get their hands on the poll to see who exactly did not have confidence in their Dear Leader." www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

Wildland fire veterans are seething at a claim made by federal officials that two crews raided by immigration agents at the scene of a wildfire in Washington state were “NOT firefighters.” @stateline.org kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/05/r...

City council ousts London Mayor Randall Weddle who vows to challenge decision in court @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/05/c...

Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...

Kentucky students so bored without cell phones they're reading BOOKS. www.wdrb.com/news/educati...

Foreign customers are crucial to the U.S. bourbon market, especially as evidence mounts that Americans are drinking less. Read more at: www.kentucky.com/news/busines...

Commentary by @dustinpugel.bsky.social and Emily Beauregard Supporters of Medicaid cuts have worked hard to sell a particular stereotype, painting pictures of young men somehow living high off their health insurance. But that certainly isn’t the case in KY. kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/03/m...

Democrat Erin Petrey mixes an old fashioned in the video launching her campaign for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Andy Barr. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/anoth...

Immigration officials recorded fewer daily arrests in August than in July and remain well short of a Trump administration plan for 3,000 arrests a day, according to a new report. @timhenderson.bsky.social @stateline.org kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/03/i...

Sanford L. Jones - retired KY prof soon to turn 100 - flew in 35 combat missions. Jack Brammer asks was he scared. “Fear is one of the most powerful emotional responses. I just did my job but the fear was there. I always felt I was going to come back home." kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/01/w...

"Museum official Crean said at the commemoration ceremony that the life of each of the three people on stage was emblematic of the strength and bravery of the men and women who served in World War II. Here is the story of one of them, Kentuckian Sanford Logan Jones Sr."

Two crews that had been digging holding lines, working to protect structures and conducting mop-up work were told to go cut firewood. Then they were ambushed by immigration authorities. @stateline.org kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/01/f...

Domestic violence drives other violent crime in Kentucky and contributes to criminal recidivism all while draining law enforcement and court resources, reports the Council of State Governments. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/02/d...

East Kentucky Power Cooperative is suing Berea College to get land for a transmission line that is drawing opposition in Madison and Jackson counties. The line would go through the Berea College Forest. By Whitney McKnight of The Edge kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/02/u...

Commentary by Teri Carter Where are the officials — in Kentucky and all over the country — that we elected to represent OUR interests? kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/02/t...

The proposed development — called the Adams Fork Energy project — comes from TransGas and would create the largest natural gas-fueled ammonia plant in the world in southern West Virginia. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/09/02/e...

Sen. Jimmy Higdon, a Lebanon Republican, will retire from the Kentucky General Assembly in December 2026. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/longt...

A mine manager from Louisa, KY, pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to cover up a fire and keep miners working despite the danger in an underground coal mine in southern Illinois. kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...

Every fall there’s a government shutdown warning. This time it could happen. @jennifershutt.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/02/r...

Democratic state officials, including Gov. Andy Beshear, update federal suit to disclose that FEMA failed to make grants for months to critical disaster program. kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/02/r...

Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h...

C.D.C. Uncertainty Upends Covid Vaccine Access at CVS and Walgreens www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

Federal immigration officials in Washington state arrived on the scene of the largest wildfire in the state on Wednesday and arrested two firefighters who had been working to contain the blaze. stateline.org/2025/08/28/i...

NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.

A Latino civil rights organization that hopes to stop the Trump administration from denying in-state college tuition rates to immigrants without permanent legal status is intervening in a challenge to a Kentucky policy. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/latin...

Kentuckians could be voting on a constitutional amendment next year to automatically restore voting rights to most people who have served time for a felony. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/bipar...

"Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that Committee to Protect Journalists has ever documented." cpj.org/full-coverag...

DeShana Collett presided over a no confidence vote in University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto. She has resigned her tenured position after UK agreed to pay her $375,000 and she agreed to not seek certain university records. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/26/f...

Commentary by Constance Alexander As President Trump chastises the Smithsonian and seeks to repress the truth, here's what happens when the national museum comes to West Kentucky. Also, what would George Carlin say? kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/27/t... kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/27/t...

US vaccine consensus has officially shattered. www.vox.com/health/45922...

High-effort coping, celebrated as ‘grit’, can contribute to cognitive decline, especially in marginalized communities facing chronic stress. Rest & self-care are key to resilience. More of the research from a scientist studying Alzheimer’s and brain health in #Black communities: buff.ly/xPk1KNd

A community needs a vaccination rate of at least 95% to be adequately protected from measles outbreaks. In Missouri, the rate of vaccinated kindergarteners stands at 90%. #moleg #mogov

At least one Kentucky school district has rejected a proposal from Ohio-based LifeWise Academy which has plans in the works across Kentucky to offer Bible lessons to public school students. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/warre...

The Franklin County courts are moving operations back into the downtown Frankfort courthouse following damage from widespread April floods. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...

There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.

CDC director ousted less than a month after confirmation, Washington Post reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/27/r...

Check’s probably in the mail.