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26-ORD-027 – Glenda Wright/Kentucky Personnel Board
Opinion Number: 26-ORD-027 Date Issued: 1/21/2026 Parties: Glenda Wright/Kentucky Personnel Board Download Full PDF Opinion Content: January 21, 2026 In re: Glenda Wright/Kentucky Personnel Board Summary: The Kentucky Personnel Board (“the Board”) subverted the intent of the Open Records Act (“the Act”), within the meaning of KRS 61.880(4), when it delayed access to requested…
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26-ORD-025 – Mohamed Aly/Kentucky Real Estate Authority
Opinion Number: 26-ORD-025 Date Issued: 1/21/2026 Parties: Mohamed Aly/Kentucky Real Estate Authority Download Full PDF Opinion Content: January 21, 2026 In re: Mohamed Aly/Kentucky Real Estate Authority Summary: The Kentucky Real Estate Authority (“the Authority”) did not violate the Open Records Act (“the Act”) when it provided all responsive records within its possession. Open…
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26-ORD-024 – Michael McDaniel/University of Kentucky
Opinion Number: 26-ORD-024 Date Issued: 1/21/2026 Parties: Michael McDaniel/University of Kentucky Download Full PDF Opinion Content: January 21, 2026 In re: Michael McDaniel/University of Kentucky Summary: The University of Kentucky (“the University”) violated the Open Records Act (“the Act”) when it partially denied a request for records without explaining how the cited exemptions applied…
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26-ORD-023 – Chris Daniel/Franklin County Fire Department
Opinion Number: 26-ORD-023 Date Issued: 1/21/2026 Parties: Chris Daniel/Franklin County Fire Department Download Full PDF Opinion Content: January 21, 2026 In re: Chris Daniel/Franklin County Fire Department Summary: The Franklin County Fire Department (“the Department”) violated the Open Records Act (“the Act”) when it did not fulfill a request for records within five business…
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26-ORD-021 – Mohamed Aly/Kentucky Real Estate Authority
Opinion Number: 26-ORD-021 Date Issued: 1/21/2026 Parties: Mohamed Aly/Kentucky Real Estate Authority Download Full PDF Opinion Content: January 21, 2026 In re: Mohamed Aly/Kentucky Real Estate Authority Summary: The Office cannot find that the Kentucky Real Estate Authority (“the Authority”) violated the Open Records Act (“the Act”) because the Office cannot resolve the factual…
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This Week at the State Capitol
This Week at the State Capitol January 16, 2026 During the second week of this year’s 60-day legislative session, lawmakers began to move bills through committee and continued to introduce new measures on the House and Senate floors. A high-res version can be found here. FRANKFORT — The 2026 legislative session kicked into a…
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Firefighter death benefits bill advances
Firefighter death benefits bill advances January 20, 2026 SRep. Kim Banta, R-Fort Mitchell, advocated for first responders and House Bill 34 during Tuesday’s House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee meeting. A high-res version can be found here. FRANKFORT — A bill to expand death benefits for Kentucky’s paid and volunteer firefighters cleared…
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Downtown master plan, rural settlements take center stage at council committee
LEXINGTON — Lexington’s vision for its downtown core and the future of historic rural settlements dominated discussion Tuesday as the Urban County Council’s General Government and Planning Committee advanced long-range planning efforts that could shape development decisions for decades. The committee heard an extensive update on the city’s Downtown Area Master Plan — a…
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Lexington man pleads guilty in string of armed robberies across Central Kentucky
A Lexington man accused of carrying out a violent, hours-long robbery spree across Fayette and Franklin counties has agreed to plead guilty in federal court, ending a case that has been delayed for nearly two years by competency proceedings and trial continuances. Maurice A. Curry, 24, will plead guilty to five counts of robbery…
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19th-century plan for a slaving empire based in US deep south and Caribbean resonates with Trump’s foreign policy today
One year into his second term of office, Donald Trump’s foreign policy aspirations have led him to variously lay claim to Canada, the Panama Canal and, most contentiously at present, Greenland. He has kidnapped the head of state of Venezuela, saying that the US can run the country and exploit its oil, and he…