Social Services and Public Safety Committee – Jan 23, 2024 Agenda
The agenda for Social Services and Public Safety Committee dated Tuesday, 23 January 2024 has been published. Access it here:https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&event_id=4142
Kentucky GOP’s New Bill Decriminalizes Use of Deadly Force Against the Unhoused
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Lexington Opioid Abatement Commission January Meeting
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton’s Opioid Abatement Commission met on January 12, 2024 in Council Chambers. Video of the meeting and the agenda is available below. Opioid Abatement Commission Regular...
Senate committee passes bill on local Section 8 housing rules
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Council Hears the Complete Streets Action Plan
In Tuesday’s Council Work Session, Council will hear a presentation on the City’s new Complete Streets Action Plan. For the past 50 years, Lexington has planned and designed streets...
Of Tech Titans and Tent Cities: A Gonzo Gaze at HB5, “The Great Kentucky Campout Prohibition”
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New Report Offers Analysis of the Cicero Institute’s 2023 Kentucky Homelessness Poll
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Seven mobile crisis-response grants allow ‘better treatment, a lot quicker’ for people undergoing mental-health crises
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Lexington True Crime: The Willy T. Foot Stabber
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Lexington to receive state grant to support mental health crisis response, Beshear announces
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