LEXINGTON, Ky.–The Fayette Alliance, a horse industry and agricultural advocacy nonprofit, announced Wednesday the upcoming release of three pivotal research studies on March 5, 2024. These studies, aimed at addressing the critical issues of land use, development, and housing growth, promise to offer invaluable insights for shaping the future of the community. The findings will be…
Christopher Kirchner, the founder of Slync, a supply-chain management software startup, has been convicted of defrauding investors out of at least $25 million, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Kirchner, 36, a Tates Creek High School graduate and former University of Kentucky student, was charged via superseding indictment in…
The Lexington Street Voice Council hosted a luncheon at the Capitol Annex for the Kentucky legislators on Feb. 7 to give the lawmakers the opportunity to see them as the people they are, to hear their stories and understand the reasons they are experiencing homelessness. Over 65 Kentucky legislators shared a meal with men…
The annual legislative assault on Kentucky’s open government laws has commenced in earnest, but this year with a vengeance. It is no exaggeration to suggest that the future of the Kentucky Open Records Act is at stake. https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23042 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/HB509.html Sponsored by Rep. John Hodgson (R-Fisherville), Rep. Jason Nemes (R-Middletown), and Speaker David Osborne (R-Prospect),…
As I anxiously await the Lexington Council’s second reading of Ord. 0120-24, which would ban source of income discrimination in housing, I am filled with mixed feelings. As an impacted person dealing with housing stabilization issues, I wonder how House Bill 18, which our state representatives moved forward in Frankfort, will affect families like…
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s Environmental Quality & Public Works Committee will hear an update Tuesday on the ongoing sewage smell that is plaguing the Tates Creek Road area near the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant and Leestown Road area near the Town Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant. Swipe below to view the whole presentation:…
VisitLex has released their 2024 salary list. VisitLEX is a component unit of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government funded through the local tax assessed on AirBNBs and hotels in Fayette County. Notably, four VisitLex employees earn more than Linda Gorton, the Mayor of LFUCG, who earns $162,063 per year. Mary Quinn Ramer, the President…
The findings push back against the notion that many transgender people end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with gender-affirming surgeries. Harry Barbee, Assistant Professor of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University;Bashar Hassan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University;Fan Liang, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns…
Photo: Left to right: Rep. Adrielle Camuel (D-Lexington); Rep. Sarah Stalker (D-Louisville) (Official photos) via press release FRANKFORT – Citing the considerable harm that the trans community has endured since 2023’s passage of Senate Bill 150, state Representatives Sarah Stalker and Adrielle Camuel filed legislation today to repeal the law entirely and provide a more…
by Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service Educators in Appalachian Kentucky said significant school disruption and remote learning during the COVID pandemic combined with the devastating flooding in the summer of 2022 have caused major education setbacks in the region, according to a recent survey. More than 70% of teachers said their schools lack adequate tools…