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The Badlands Hold Me as I Grieve
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Opinion | The Badlands Hold Me as I Grieve
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A group of activists is seeking to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban property taxes. via
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A group seeks to eliminate Ohio property taxes. Experts warn it would create devastating budget cuts
A group of activists is seeking to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban property taxes. Rankings show Ohio property taxes are relatively high, but policy experts say eliminating property taxes would…
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/group-seeks-eliminate-ohio-property-taxes-experts-warn-it-would-create-devastating-budget
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Reckon he’ll go “woke” now that he’s part of higher ed?
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John David Dyche
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Please read about this great American life. A courageous patriot & an inspiration. “In his memoir, Lafayette wrote that the ever-present threat of death during those early years of organizing taught him that the value of life ‘lies not in longevity, but in what people do to give it significance.’”
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Kentucky Lantern
4 days ago
The University of Kentucky has named one of its graduates, U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, as the next dean of the university’s J. David Rosenberg College of Law.
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Bush-appointed federal judge named as next dean of University of Kentucky law college • Kentucky Lantern
The University of Kentucky has named one of its graduates, U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, as the next dean of its law school.
https://kentuckylantern.com/briefs/bush-appointed-federal-judge-named-as-next-dean-of-university-of-kentucky-law-college/
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Kentucky Lantern
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NKU projects $1.9M deficit in 2027 amid enrollment declines, proposed state funding cuts
@haleyparnell.bsky.social
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NKU projects $1.9M deficit in 2027 amid enrollment declines, proposed state funding cuts • Kentucky Lantern
Northern Kentucky University projects a $1.9 million deficit in fiscal 2027 due to declining enrollment, possible state funding cuts and planned raises.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/05/nku-projects-1-9m-deficit-in-2027-amid-enrollment-declines-proposed-state-funding-cuts/
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Kentucky Lantern
4 days ago
An omnibus elections bill that among other changes would allow Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to run for reelection and president at the same time cleared the House in an unusually narrow vote Thursday.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social
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Sweeping elections bill draws bipartisan opposition but clears Kentucky House • Kentucky Lantern
A Kentucky elections bill that would allow GOP U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to run for reelection and president simultaneously cleared the House.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/05/sweeping-elections-bill-draws-bipartisan-opposition-but-clears-kentucky-house/
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Kentucky Lantern
4 days ago
Kentucky’s top Republican lawmakers — Senate President Robert Stivers and House Speaker David Osborne — have filed bills for two constitutional amendments that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear isn’t a fan of.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/05/b...
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Beshear criticizes constitutional amendments backed by top GOP lawmakers • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky’s top Republican lawmakers have filed bills for two constitutional amendments that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear isn’t a fan of.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/05/beshear-criticizes-constitutional-amendments-backed-by-top-gop-lawmakers/
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Kentucky Lantern
4 days ago
Republicans Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio broke ranks with Republicans to vote in favor of limiting Trump’s hand in Iran.
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KY's Thomas Massie unsuccessfully pushes US House to restrain Trump’s war power in Iran • Kentucky Lantern
House Republicans and a few Democrats follow Senate in blocking a measure to stop President Trump from furthering the war in Iran without Congress' OK.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/05/kys-thomas-massie-unsuccessfully-pushes-us-house-to-restrain-trumps-war-power-in-iran/
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Kentucky Lantern
4 days ago
A reporter who faced death threats in her home country could now be sent back by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Estefany Rodríguez, who was in the car with her husband — a U.S. citizen — has been following all the legal steps to citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/j...
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
https://nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/journalist-estefanty-rodriguez-ice-detention-colombia/
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Kentucky Lantern
4 days ago
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, on Brand X
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Sharia law … Will this ever wear out?
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4 days ago
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Kevin M. Kruse
4 days ago
Now that they're trying to pretend their war is not a war, they've gone back to calling it the Defense Department.
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Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?
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Opinion | Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/opinion/daryl-hannah-love-story-jfk-jr.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RFA.D8nQ.mN_W_b206c_f&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Fewer than half of registered voters in Kentucky voted in the 2024 presidential election. Republican lawmakers are trying to make sure even fewer people vote in the future.
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Kentucky Historical Society
5 days ago
On March 9, 1976, an explosion in the Scotia mines killed 15 people. Two days later, a second explosion occurred, killing an additional 11 people. Join us as Dr. Brian McKnight examines the lead-up to the explosions and why they occurred. FREE event March 21, 2026.
history.ky.gov/events/remem...
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Title: Remembering the Scotia Mine Disaster with Dr. Brian McKnight
https://history.ky.gov/events/remembering-the-scotia-mine-disaster-with-dr-brian-mcknight
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Kansas Reflector
5 days ago
New Kansas bathroom law likely to harm mental health, increase risks for trans people, experts say | via
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New Kansas bathroom law likely to harm mental health, increase risks for trans people, experts say • Kansas Reflector
Refusing to allow transgender Kansans the ability to use the bathroom of their choice or hold documents that match their gender affects their mental health and may open them to acts of violence, resea...
https://kansasreflector.com/2026/03/05/new-kansas-bathroom-law-likely-to-harm-mental-health-increase-risks-for-trans-people-experts-say/
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Kentucky Lantern
5 days ago
KY’s Rand Paul is only Republican voting to curb Trump’s war powers as resolution is defeated in US Senate. Hegseth vows "death and destruction" for Iran.
@ashleymurray.bsky.social
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KY's Rand Paul only Republican voting to curb Trump's war powers as resolution is defeated • Kentucky Lantern
Senate Republicans and a single Democrat block a War Powers Resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s joint war with Israel in Iran.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/04/kys-rand-paul-only-republican-voting-to-curb-trumps-war-powers-as-resolution-is-defeated/
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Will Kentucky base decisions about utility regulation on bogus anti-environment claim?
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Take my advice and read this.
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Linda Blackford
6 days ago
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Barnhart’s new job just another slap to UK employees, students, and taxpayers | Opinion
Linda Blackford: Why is UK paying Mitch Barnhart almost $1 million a year for a job that was just invented?
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article314921004.html
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Despite Promises, Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses
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Despite Promises, Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/veterans-affairs-nurses-doctors-cut.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA.97Xe.4viyfTgVubPg&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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The vaunted meritocracy at work
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Surfed to Fox News to see analysis of Trump-Merz press conference and what US and German leaders said about Iran. Heard an impassioned discussion of trans teens and Gavin Newsom s “war on parents.”
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Shalina Chatlani
20 days ago
I'm a health reporter at
@stateline.org
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@statesnewsroom.com
. I'm looking for experts and researchers following the effects of
#ACA
subsidy expiration and
#Medicaid
coverage loss on chronic illness, specifically
#diabetes
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Julie K. Brown
19 days ago
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
https://open.substack.com/pub/jkbjournalist/p/prince-andrews-arrest?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Tennessee Lookout
19 days ago
Tennessee-based CoreCivic is one of the biggest contractors for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and its profits have ballooned in the last year. In this 32-minute podcast, Lookout Senior Reporter Sam Stockard talks about how entrenched the private prison company is in Tennessee.
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Looking into one of ICE’s biggest contractors: CoreCivic • Tennessee Lookout
In a States Newsroom podcast, Tennessee Lookout reporter Sam Stockard talks about how entrenched CoreCivil is in Tennessee.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/19/repub/looking-into-one-of-ices-biggest-contractors-corecivic/
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Kentucky Lantern
19 days ago
Kentucky Supreme Court justices all agreed that the Republican-controlled legislature’s 2022 law allowing charter schools is unconstitutional.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/19/k...
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KY Supreme Court unanimously strikes down Republican lawmakers’ 2022 charter school law • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Supreme Court justices all agreed that the Republican-controlled legislature’s 2022 allowing charter schools is unconstitutional.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/19/ky-supreme-court-unanimously-strikes-down-republican-lawmakers-2022-charter-school-law/
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Kentucky Lantern
18 days ago
KY woman who says she nearly died from pregnancy complications urges abortion ban repeal
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
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KY woman who says she nearly died from pregnancy complications urges abortion ban repeal • Kentucky Lantern
More than 600 medical providers signed a letter asking the legislature to roll back abortion restrictions.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/19/ky-woman-who-says-she-nearly-died-from-pregnancy-complications-urges-abortion-ban-repeal/
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Tom Eblen
18 days ago
"U.S. Rep. Andy Barr is running the most overtly racist statewide campaign we can remember in Kentucky, apparently to fend off businessman Nate Morris, who is running the Trumpiest campaign the state has ever seen."
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/20/w...
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Why did Andy Barr run a racist ad? It’s all about Donald Trump • Kentucky Lantern
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr’s racist pitch is basically in one 30-second commercial, but it has at least for now defined his campaign for U.S Senate.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/20/why-did-andy-barr-run-a-racist-ad-its-all-about-donald-trump/
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Kentucky Lantern
18 days ago
Commentary by Dee Davis
@dailyyonder.bsky.social
Remembering Jesse Jackson as he campaigned in Eastern Kentucky in 1988 'I am a Duke of Hazard'
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Remembering Jesse Jackson as he campaigned in Eastern Kentucky in 1988 • Kentucky Lantern
Dee Davis remembers the electricity and volume of Jesse Jackson speaking to a crowd of Appalachians in a school gym in Hazard, Kentucky, in 1968.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/20/jesse-jackson-campaigned-in-hazard-in-1968/
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A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba
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A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba
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Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports
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Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/business/labor-secretary-husband-sexual-assault-allegations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA.1xoy.Y5at3hVjSGUb&smid=nytcore-ios-share
18 days ago
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Will mainly affect rural Appalachian voters just as Republicans have been telling us how burdensome it is to get a driver’s license in rural Kentucky.
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Donald Trump, Pagan King
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Opinion | Donald Trump, Pagan King
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26 days ago
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Kentucky Lantern
28 days ago
A GOP lawmaker wants more scrutiny of anti-competitive practices in road paving in Kentucky in hopes of saving taxpayers money.
@liamniemeyer.bsky.social
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Single-bid paving contracts taking a bite out of KY taxpayers? GOP lawmaker wants to know. • Kentucky Lantern
A GOP lawmaker wants more scrutiny of anti-competitive practices in road paving in Kentucky in hopes of saving taxpayers money.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/10/single-bid-paving-contracts-taking-a-bite-out-of-ky-taxpayers-gop-lawmaker-wants-to-know/
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Kentucky Lantern
28 days ago
A Republican-backed bill that would put Kentucky public universities and colleges under a uniform approach to firing faculty members for financial reasons advanced from a House committee Tuesday morning.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/10/c...
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Committee passes uniform way for Kentucky universities to fire professors for financial reasons • Kentucky Lantern
A Republican-backed bill that would put Kentucky public universities and colleges under a uniform approach to firing faculty members for financial reasons advanced from a House committee Tuesday morni...
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/10/committee-passes-uniform-way-for-kentucky-universities-to-fire-professors-for-financial-reasons/
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Kentucky Lantern
27 days ago
5 charged with taking kickbacks, bribes to ease driver’s licensing for non-citizens in Kentucky
@liamniemeyer.bsky.social
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5 charged with taking kickbacks, bribes to ease driver’s licensing for non-citizens • Kentucky Lantern
Five Louisville residents have been charged with fraud and money laundering in an alleged conspiracy to collect money from people who were not U.S. citizens, but legally present in the country, to ski...
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/10/5-charged-with-taking-kickbacks-bribes-to-ease-drivers-licensing-for-non-citizens/
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Kentucky Lantern
27 days ago
Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in US Senate 16,000 opt for higher deductible as monthly premiums jump
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/11/f...
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Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in US Senate • Kentucky Lantern
About 89,000 Kentuckians enrolled in an Affordable Care Act health plan for 2026, down from about 97,000 last year.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/11/fewer-kentuckians-covered-by-aca-health-insurance-plans-as-subsidies-stall-in-us-senate/
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Kentucky Lantern
27 days ago
Commentary by
@jbaileyky.bsky.social
@kypolicy.bsky.social
A choice is hidden in the pages of Kentucky’s next state budget. Who is Kentucky for?
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A choice is hidden in the pages of Kentucky's next state budget • Kentucky Lantern
Improving this budget will be necessary, because there are grave problems with it as filed. And hidden among its many words and numbers is a choice.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/11/a-choice-is-hidden-in-the-pages-of-the-next-state-budget/
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Kentucky Lantern
28 days ago
Commentary by Teri Carter I watched Barr’s ad more than a dozen times, and the central message seems to be: I am a white Christian man who will make liberals cry.
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A low bar for Andy Barr and Kentucky’s US Senate campaign • Kentucky Lantern
Watching Republican Andy Barr’s ad inflaming white hysteria, we see we are stuck in the past, in racist tropes, in in immoral morass of bigotry
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/10/a-low-bar-for-andy-barr-and-kentuckys-us-senate-campaign/
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Kentucky Lantern
28 days ago
A national group that tests optometrists for licensure in all 50 states blasts Kentucky’s licensing board, saying it is failing to protect the public.
@dyetter.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/09/k...
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Kentucky fixes still don’t 'prioritize patient protection,’ says national optometry board • Kentucky Lantern
U.S. optometry examiners blast Kentucky licensing board, saying it's failing to protect the public or ensure competent eye care.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/09/kentucky-fixes-still-dont-prioritize-patient-protection-says-national-optometry-board/
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Pyrrhic total victory Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/climate/endangerment-finding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFA.klZe.c81S9UMy-BfJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling
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Opinion | These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/red-states-good-schools.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K1A.vDZ7.sg5su13O2s-C&smid=nytcore-ios-share
29 days ago
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Kentucky Lantern
29 days ago
Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize’ elections have state, local election officials bracing for tumult
@jonshorman.bsky.social
@stateline.org
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/09/t...
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Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize’ elections have state, local election officials bracing for tumult • Kentucky Lantern
State and local election officials are bracing for the prospect of federal action after President Donald Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/09/trumps-calls-to-nationalize-elections-have-state-local-election-officials-bracing-for-tumult/
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Kentucky Lantern
29 days ago
Few ideas are as central to the nation’s identity as that of the American Dream. With the 250th birthday of the United States coming up in July 2026, it’s worth stepping back to examine a concept essential to the nation’s self-image.
@us.theconversation.com
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/09/w...
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What is the American Dream, and has it become harder to achieve in recent years? • Kentucky Lantern
With the nation's 250th birthday coming up, it’s worth examining a idea central to its identity — the American Dream.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/09/what-is-the-american-dream-and-has-it-become-harder-to-achieve-in-recent-years/
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Kentucky Lantern
29 days ago
For 50 years the legislature has waived tuition and fees at public universities and colleges for Kentuckians who have passed their 65th birthdays. That would end if an education committee chair has his way.
@jamielucke.bsky.social
@liamniemeyer.bsky.social
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Free tuition for older Kentuckians is in peril • Kentucky Lantern
A 50-year old tuition waiver for Kentuckians 65 and older would end if the Republican chairman of an education committee has his way.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/09/free-tuition-for-older-kentuckians-is-in-peril/
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She missed son’s milestones while jailed in addiction. Now she’s working to change Kentucky law.
kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/26/s...
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She missed son’s milestones while jailed in addiction. Now she’s working to change Kentucky law. • Kentucky Lantern
The Family Preservation and Accountability Act would allow judges to consider an alternative sentence for parents charged with low-level, nonviolent crimes to keep Kentucky families together.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/26/she-missed-sons-milestones-while-jailed-for-addiction-now-shes-working-to-change-kentucky-law/
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As Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It
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As Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/business/economy/housing-pulte-fannie-freddie.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVA.g637.dKJRTrV_dN8W&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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Kentucky Lantern
2 months ago
Peer support specialists file suit to block KY law that would put many of them out of work
@jamielucke.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/08/p...
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Peer support specialists file suit to block KY law that would put many of them out of work • Kentucky Lantern
A lawsuit seeks to block a new Kentucky law that stands to put many peer support specialists out of work.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/08/peer-support-specialists-file-suit-to-block-ky-law-that-would-put-many-of-them-out-of-work/
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