New Lexington minor league baseball team owners promise ‘legendary’ team nickname
Originally published by WEKU. Goodbye, Counter Clocks. Hello … well, original team founder and new chairman emeritus Alan Stein has a clue or two. “We’ll have a big announcement...
Surveillance City: Lexington’s AI Experiment Puts Privacy in the Spotlight
For my master’s capstone, I wrote a paper on the license plate readers in Lexington. My paper focused on their locations in marginalized neighborhoods as well as privacy concerns...
State Reps. Sarah Stalker and Adrielle Camuel file bill to repeal SB 150, protect trans community
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...
Rep. Adrielle Camuel (D-Lexington) made exactly one campaign promise, and she has broken it.
In a State House campaign most memorable for its moral squishiness, lack of substance, and reliance on her supposed ties to Democratic power players, Camuel made only a single...
Sponsor of ‘Safer Kentucky Act’ proposes amendments on fentanyl, homelessness
FRANKFORT, KY–Rep. Jared Bauman (R-Louisville), the main sponsor of the “Safer Kentucky Act” (HB 5), introduced a new floor amendment to the bill Wednesday. This includes a revision of...
Lexington council committee passes ‘source of income’ ordinance
Originally published by WEKU. The Lexington City Council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee Tuesday approved an ordinance backers say would prevent housing discrimination based on source of income....
Housing and Utility Assistance Programs Update
In Tuesday’s Social Services and Public Safety (SSPS) Committee meeting, Commissioner of Housing Advocacy and Community Development Charlie Lanter will present an update on Lexington’s various housing assistance programs....
Ky. health-care providers lobby for bill that would ease health insurers’ required prior authorization for medical procedures
OPINION by health-care provider groups listed below It’s a situation all of us will find ourselves in at some point. You’re sick, or get diagnosed with a chronic condition,...
Impact of cannabis use during pregnancy is the focus of UK Cannabis Center’s next online seminar, to be held Feb. 26
The University of Kentucky Cannabis Center is sponsoring an online seminar titled “Cannabis Use During Pregnancy: Research from Policy to Practice” on Feb. 26. The seminar will be held...
Kentucky leads the nation in use of new class of drugs that fight diabetes and obesity; more than 2% of Kentuckians use them
Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the nation’s highest rate of dispensed prescriptions for a new class of diabetes and obesity medications, according to the analytics company PurpleLab and published...