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Lexington, Ky.–Paul Laurence Dunbar High School principal Marlon Ball has been informed that his contract with the Fayette County Public Schools will not be renewed, and his employment will be terminated at the end of his current contract period, which ends on June 30. Ball has been on administrative leave since November under unusual…
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UPDATE: View the locations of the cameras on the official LPD website here or below. By Jillian Riseman, CivicLex The Social Services & Public Safety (SSPS) Committee will meet again this week and hear two presentations. Their first presentation will be a police technology overview from Commander Matthew Greathouse of the Lexington Police Department. After…
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The U.S. Justice Department has taken legal action against Tennessee’s recently passed law that prohibits transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, challenges the law as unconstitutional and discriminatory, adding to the growing number of legal battles over LGBTQ+ rights in the United States. Kentucky has also recently passed…
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Frankfort, Ky.–A former Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council Member recently voted to concur on Senate Bill 150, an anti-trans bill, in the Kentucky legislature. Amanda Mays Bledsoe, R-Lexington, voted in favor of passing the bill, which imposes new anti-LGBTQ restrictions on public schools. SB 150 has been criticized by Democrats, civil rights organizations, and LGBTQ…
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UPDATE: The House passed the amended SB 150 by a vote of 75-22. The Senate concurred 30-7. The bill will likely become law. Frankfort, Ky.–Kentucky Republicans have revived an anti-LGBTQ bill, which includes a ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender youth in the state. Another version of the bill was scaled back last…