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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council discussed a proposed $546.9 million budget for fiscal year 2027 during a Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, as city officials reported a strong third quarter performance for the current fiscal year. The council adopted a total funds available amount of $546,901,379 to serve as the…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Republican Daniel Cameron got about a half hour of air time to make his case to viewers during KET debates held Monday night, according to reporting from the Kentucky Lantern, while Democrats Amy McGrath, Dale Romans and Charles Booker disagreed on major policy issues including Medicaid expansion and minimum wage in…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The City of Lexington is accepting applications for its seventh year of the Teachers’ Environmental Academy, a week-long professional development program designed to equip educators with knowledge about local environmental challenges they can bring directly into their classrooms. The workshop series runs June 8-12 and welcomes kindergarten through 12th-grade educators from…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A new analysis of Kentucky’s Reading Academies shows that Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) training is making a measurable difference for student literacy success, according to research conducted by the Kentucky Department of Education. The Kentucky Reading Academies have rapidly advanced literacy outcomes since the program’s inception…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mayor Linda Gorton highlighted the city’s significant progress in affordable housing Friday, announcing that Lexington’s Affordable Housing Fund has leveraged nearly half a billion dollars in private investment and subsidy dollars since its creation in 2014. Speaking at the construction site of Wellington Park Apartments, Gorton said the city will surpass…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Education’s Summer Boost program is set to reach students across the state this summer, with 35 sites in 34 school districts participating in the reading and mathematics initiative. The 2026 Summer Boost: Reading and Mathematics Program represents a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education and the…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky Wind Symphony will present Corfu Festival, celebrating international collaboration and contemporary wind band music, at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall. The performance will feature Sokratis Anthis, professor at Ionian University in Corfu, Greece, as guest conductor. Anthis’s weeklong…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will host its 18th annual Mind Matters Health Summit on Monday, May 18, bringing cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research and clinical expertise directly to the community in a distinctly Kentucky setting. The free event, held at Fasig-Tipton, a historic Thoroughbred auction facility in Lexington, will…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Louisville quietly settled a lawsuit filed by an Elizabethtown attorney for $175,000 in December after he alleged he was assaulted and unlawfully arrested during a 2019 traffic stop on the Watterson Expressway, according to a report by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Douglas Miller, who has practiced law for more…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council took its first steps toward developing a nearly $546 million spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, adopting revenue estimates Monday during a Committee of the Whole meeting that marked the start of the annual budget process. Council members approved a motion to use $546,901,379…