Kentucky regulators would have to wait until people are actively being harmed before issuing regulations to protect public health and the environment under a bill that is backed by lobbyists for manufacturers and the state Chamber of Commerce. kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/25/o... @kentuckylantern.com

The @kentuckylantern.com is looking for its next editor to lead our award-winning nonprofit newsroom, a strong team covering politics, policy and power of decisions made in the state capital of Frankfort and across KY. See below! statesnewsroom.com/staff-openin... #JournalismJobs #JournoJobs

A majority of KY electric utilities included in an @appcitizenslaw.bsky.social report have disconnected customers when they owed less than $100 of debt. One utility, Nolin RECC, has disconnected customers when they’ve owed less than $25. kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/24/s... @kentuckylantern.com

Utility disconnections in Kentucky increased 87% over a recent 12-month period. A new analysis calls for protections and a state relief fund. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/24/s...

When the Trump admin. first proposed to rollback coal-fired air pollution limits, the American Lung Association called it a “grave mistake" that would harm brain development, trigger asthma attacks and cause cancer and premature death. kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/20/t... @kentuckylantern.com

Trump EPA official comes to Louisville power plant to tout weaker pollution rules kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/20/t... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social

Advancing bill would criminalize ‘harassing’ law enforcement, ICE agents and medics in Kentucky. Democrat worries it could punish people who are exercising their constitutional right to film officers. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/12/a...

Coal analyst Tony Knutson noted the cost of maintaining the aging U.S. coal fleet is a main reason power companies choose to close plants. “If they can have the government pay for that, I can’t see why they wouldn’t keep them online longer." www.eenews.net/articles/tru... @eenews.bsky.social

A GOP lawmaker wants more scrutiny of anti-competitive practices in road paving in Kentucky in hopes of saving taxpayers money. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/10/s...

Fish and wildlife chair can stay, no license needed to hunt on your own farmland, says AG kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/05/f... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social

Fish and wildlife chair can stay, no license needed to hunt on your own farmland, says AG kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/05/f... @kentuckylantern.com

Emergency responders are warning that in Kentucky’s ambulance deserts they are often overworked and underpaid and use old equipment to treat patients who may live 90 minutes from the nearest hospital. kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/04/k...

KY House has passed HB 314, a bill that would remake leadership of the agency overseeing the state's "middle mile" broadband network. Vote was 80-13 with Democrats making up all of the "no" votes. #kyga26 Background on bill: kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/30/a...

Kentucky lawmakers renew push to establish statewide residential utility disconnection protections kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/02/k... @kentuckylantern.com

Republican Rep. Susan Witten of Louisville is the primary sponsor of the bill to create utility disconnection standards. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/02/k...

Low pay and limited advancement opportunities are creating a “crisis” of turnover among Kentucky’s public defenders who are leaving for higher pay elsewhere, lawmakers were told Tuesday. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/20/p...

Environmental group sues federal wildlife agency to protect Appalachian salamander @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/envir...

Tom Loftus w/ another @kentuckylantern.com campaign finance story, this time on Russell Coleman: "Political committees supporting Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman have quietly raised $1 million...including massive contributions from tobacco interests." kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/15/k...

GOP Kentucky lawmakers joined advocates to tout tackling the state's housing shortage as a priority, though they shared few details so far of about the bills they'd file this legislative session to do so: kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/13/g... @kentuckylantern.com

The filing deadline for candidates to run for office in Kentucky has officially passed, as Secretary of State Michael Adams closes the door to filing room. #kyga26

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is no longer demanding a resignation from the chair of the state’s wildlife management board while his office analyzes a provision in state law that’s key to the dispute. kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/09/d... @kentuckylantern.com

Leaves crunch under Kasia Bradley’s boots as she walks through the woods on Kentucky State University’s campus, listening for another sound — the knocking of a woodpecker against a tree. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/25/m...

Kentucky attorney general’s office demands resignation of fish and wildlife board chair kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/22/k... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social

Kentucky has received a request from the DOJ for voter registration data, including sensitive information, but so far has supplied only publicly available information, says Secretary of State Michael Adams. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/17/e...

Ford to convert KY battery plant for energy storage business, reportedly laying off 1,500 workers @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/15/f...

Chris Evans, who runs the Crittenden Press newspaper in Western KY, on AI use in rural journalism: www.wkms.org/business-eco... @wkmsfm.bsky.social

Kentuckians could save billions over the next 25 years if utilities moved beyond fossil fuels, an energy consulting firm finds. Report makes case for renewables and efficiency and against Kentucky law that impedes retiring coal plants @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/11/k...

A worthwhile read from @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: "This is a time when we really need to mobilize, and really need to ensure that social work voices are being heard so we can work together to protect our people — all people — right?" kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/10/o... @kentuckylantern.com

The Kentucky Lantern is suing the University of Kentucky for records related to an internal governance change. "Bigger picture is the University’s attempt to buy its way out of the Open Records Act.” - Attorney Michael Abate @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/05/k...

No Kentucky Home: An update The Breakthrough Base of Muhlenberg County has little money but plenty of volunteers, ‘big hearts' and hopes of opening a "white flag" shelter for when it's too cold for people to sleep outdoors. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/01/f...

KY task force recommends easing regulation, more funding to address housing shortage @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/24/k...

Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.

State utility regulator, attorney general to appeal dismissal over Kentucky Power transmission costs kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/19/s... @kentuckylantern.com

Funding ‘pause’ for KentuckyWired infrastructure urged by legislative committee. Republican senator eyes remaking board overseeing state broadband network. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/17/f...

Kentucky lawmakers warn of state budget hit because of federal cuts kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/10/k... @kentuckylantern.com

Good morning from Lexington. A slew of KY state lawmakers will be speaking throughout the morning and afternoon for the Kentucky Chamber’s annual legislative preview conference — starting with lawmakers talking about education. I’ll be tweeting out updates as they come. #kyinterim #KYGA26

Advocates call on Beshear to stop utility disconnections during the government shutdown kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/07/a... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social

Baseball agony, summed up: “The sharp pain may age to a dull ache, but it will never go away. You will go hours, then days, then weeks without thinking about how close you came—and then something will remind you, and it will hurt all over again.” defector.com/toronto-will... @defector.com

Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky’s only woman governor, dies at 88. She landed a Toyota plant that has become a mainstay of the state's economy. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/01/m...

PSC gives permission to LG&E and KU to build gas-fired power for prospective data centers kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/30/p... @liamniemeyer.bsky.social

A growing crowd of hundreds is gathering in downtown Louisville, KY for today’s planned No Kings protest this afternoon. LeRoy Smith of Louisville, holding the sign below, said he feels like rights have been “chipped away” since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.

Colon cancer screening program seeks more funding from Kentucky legislature. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/15/c...

Doctor. Teacher. Mamaw. Meet some ‘No Kings’ protesters organizing in ‘deep-red’ Kentucky. @jamielucke.bsky.social @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/16/d...

Oldham County board unanimously rejects off-campus Bible classes during school day @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/08/o...

Kentucky legislature created EPIC last year to review utilities' proposals for retiring coal- and gas-fired power generation. The commission recently named Eric King its first executive director. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/08/u...

Pop-up pet vaccine clinics could be out of business in some stores in Kentucky under a proposed change in regulation. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/30/s...

Dam! Congrats to @liamniemeyer.bsky.social.

An outbreak of a prion disease similar to mad cow on a Kentucky deer farm is renewing questions about whether stronger rules are needed for the more than 100 “captive cervid facilities” the state has permitted. @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/08/d...

Over 100 deer were killed in July on a KY farm that raised deer as livestock to stem the spread of a "zombie" deer disease. It's renewing questions over how to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease in KY and the role of these deer farms: kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/08/d... @kentuckylantern.com

Kentucky advocates for people with Alzheimer’s are excited by new research showing that lifestyle interventions like exercising and keeping the brain active can slow cognitive decline and improve brain health. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/20/f...