This report is based on notes taken by Max Puchalsky for the Lexington Times Observer Program Lexington, KY — The Lexington Board of Adjustment convened on Monday for a meeting that lasted from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. The meeting, held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, was marked by impassioned public statements and…
Kentucky Health News and the Manchester Enterprise University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto says UK needs $2 billion in borrowing authority from the state to expand its Albert B. Chandler Hospital to treat patients who are being turned away for lack of room. “We need … around $2 billion for a new hospital tower,” Capilouto said after…
by Kentucky Health News Americans spend $4.3 trillion a year looking after their health. That is 17% of the nation’s gross domestic product, “twice as much as the average in other rich economies, and yet, American adults live shorter lives and American infants die more often than in similarly affluent places,” The Economist reports. “Pharmaceutical firms…
LEXINGTON, Ky.–A newly acquired park property on the Kentucky River at 8949 Old Richmond Road is set to be named “Kelley’s Landing,” according to an agenda item from Tuesday’s Council Work Session docket. LFUCG purchased the 30.13 acres in June 2022, for the expansion of recreational amenities in the parks system. The property provides…
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern WOLFE COUNTY — She couldn’t see it through the trees on a recent late September morning, but she’s felt its presence for weeks on end. Up the hill across from her home along the Wolfe-Lee county line, 76-year-old Brenda Campbell can hear through the leaves a constant, high-pitched whirring…
By Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times Lexington, KY – On Tuesday, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee will discuss a pressing issue affecting Lexington’s housing market: Source of Income (SOI) Discrimination. Charlie Lanter, Commissioner of the Housing Advocacy and Community Development (HACD), will present a detailed review to local…
by Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky.–Two Lexington recovery organizations, Recovery Cafe and Voices of Hope, were awarded a total of $1.65 million in state grants Monday. The awards were announced by the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission (KYOAAC) and were funded by money from the National Opioid Settlement, a multi-state litigation against…
by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern Gov. Andy Beshear is calling on the General Assembly to set aside millions in the next state budget for clean water, high-speed internet access and economic development. Beshear, a Democrat seeking reelection this year, said in a Tuesday morning news conference that his “Better Kentucky” plan would be an…
By Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the latest round of funding from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission on Monday, with 34 organizations set to receive nearly $14 million. “I certainly am grateful for all of you all that have committed to fighting this opioid epidemic and there’s certainly no debate,…
Lexington, KY — A moment of disarray unfolded during Thursday’s Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council meeting when several councilmembers and the mayor left the chamber just before the public comment section. This procedural misstep nearly blocked comments from members of KY Tenants, a local housing advocacy group, who were there to speak on the issue…