Do women’s lives matter to federal courts?
by Vanessa Gallman (Kentucky Lantern) Far-reaching legal cases, including a ruling by a Kentucky federal judge, raise serious concerns about whether the lives of women — and their decisions...
Lexington Meta 4: Things that make you go ‘Hmm’
The duality of Wu Previously, in Lexington Meta’s inaugural issue, I wrote about Lexington’s new Vice Mayor Dan Wu. Was he in over his head, as some City Hall...
Lexington Meta 3 – Politics, as Usual
Pressing issues The Herald-Leader cut through the competition like a hot knife through butter at the Kentucky Press Association (KPA) awards last Friday. The paywalled publication pulled down 32...
Tennessee has some advantages over Kentucky. Backward tax policy isn’t one of them.
by Tom Eblen, Kentucky Lantern Maybe some Kentucky Republicans are right: we do need a wall along our southern border. Otherwise all those poor and middle class Tennesseans who...
Council Aides get unauthorized bios, Gorton gets phished, and some new CMs troll Lexpark – It’s Lexington Meta #2!
2023 Urban County Council Legislative Aides – An Unauthorized Report While being a Council Member is a part time job that pays just over $30K per year, their Legislative...
Watch: Tenant, landlord weigh in on Lexington’s proposed Tenants’ Bill of Rights
Lexington, Ky.–Heather Pacheco, a tenant at Veridian Apartments and member of housing advocacy group KY Tenants; and Alfred Hayes, a landlord, gave public comment on the proposed Tenants’ Bill...
Lexington Meta, a new weekly(?) column of local happenings, tidbits, and gossip
Times turning over a new leaf? We’re starting out the new year with a new experimental weekly(?) column here at the Lexington Times! The working title is Lexington Meta,...
Kentucky still reaps slavery’s bitter fruit as prisons and jails swell with ‘indentured servants’
Excising ‘slavery’ from state Constitution would be more than a symbolic gesture. It’s an urgently needed chance to take stock. by Vanessa Gallman, Kentucky LanternJanuary 4, 2023 Kentucky resisted...