Results for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council 2024 Primary Election and other races are coming in now. Watch the live results here.
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Nearly 100 people crowded into the library in Calvert City, Kentucky, in February when the Environmental Protection Agency hosted a public meeting on air pollution. Many had discovered flyers in their…
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Kentucky Sunshine Law Library in celebration of the fifth year anniversary of Kentucky Open Government Coalition. Our coalition’s founding goes back to March 2019, when Kentucky’s open government community rallied in opposition to a house bill that threatened existing rights of public records access. The community that had focused its efforts to…
Like so many of you, I received a notice this week that the assessment of our house is going up — way up. But, unlike many Lexingtonians, I wasn’t surprised at our 57 percent hike. For the past three years, I have been part of a group that has been educating people about the…
via press release from BUILD UPDATE: The Director of Lextran, Fred Combs, has informed us (BUILD) that the Board of Directors will be voting on the full $75,000 allocation for the microtransit study on April 24th, a decision we wholeheartedly support. We stand committed to seeing this vote through and ensuring the funding is…
This database presents the credit card transactions of VisitLex employees from July 2022 to March 2024. During this period, VisitLex employees accumulated charges totaling $427,201.15, with a significant amount spent on dining, bars, and entertainment venues. These statements were disclosed by VisitLex in accordance with the Kentucky Open Records Act. The Lexington Times initially…
On April 22, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could radically change how cities respond to the growing problem of homelessness. It also could significantly worsen the nation’s racial justice gap. City of Grants Pass v. Johnson began when a small city in Oregon with just one homeless shelter began enforcing a local anti-camping law…
LEXINGTON, Ky.–A tipped employee of Drake’s filed a collective action lawsuit Wednesday against the restaurant’s parent company, Lexington-based Bluegrass Hospitality Group, LLC (BHG). The federal lawsuit, led by plaintiff Lauren Boyer on behalf of herself and other similarly situated servers and bartenders, was filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky. It accuses BHG of…
In a federal lawsuit filed Friday, former University of Kentucky swim team members accused Lars Jorgensen, the former head coach of Kentucky’s swim and dive team of sexual violence and harassment. Jorgensen resigned in mid-2023, but at the time, the University of Kentucky did not disclose the reasons for his departure. The Lexington Times…