LEXINGTON, Ky. – With a tight housing market turning many potential home buyers into renters, recent data has revealed some good news. As a national trend, rent increases across the largest U.S. cities are beginning to show signs of slowing, albeit not decreasing overall. However, this trend varies among cities, with Lexington, Ky. witnessing…
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s budget reserve trust fund, commonly known as the “rainy day” fund, now sits at more than $3.7 billion in large part due to record tax revenues brought in by the state during the last fiscal year. State Budget Director John Hicks told state lawmakers at an…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the second time this year, a former inmate at the Fayette County Detention Center (FCDC) has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault due to understaffing at the jail. The plaintiff, whose identity remains confidential, claims to have suffered physical injuries, pain, suffering, and severe emotional and mental distress due to…
By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely to cost the U.S. health care system billions annually even as it remains out of reach for many of the lower-income seniors most likely to suffer from dementia. Medicare and Medicaid patients will make up 92%…
by Nancy Royden, Legislative Research Commission Public Information Office FRANKFORT — The Interim Joint Committee on Education heard from supporters of the Kentucky Center for Mathematics on Tuesday about efforts to improve numeracy throughout the commonwealth. The center was established at Northern Kentucky University through state funding in 2006, and it provides services for…
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Governor Andy Beshear will appear together for the first time this general election season at this weekend’s St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic, the Herald-Leader’s Tessa Duvall reports. The picnic is noted for its political speeches. Both candidates will be joined by their respective running mates and party nominees.…
by Tom Loftus, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT – As the Kentucky Democratic Party and Gov. Andy Beshear’s campaign were refunding the excess campaign contributions of London Mayor Randall Weddle last spring, Mayor Weddle and his wife found a different avenue for making additional donations to boost Beshear’s reelection chances. Weddle, a Republican, and his wife…
by Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a request from the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky to let transgender minors access certain medical care once more. The ACLU asked for emergency relief on July 18. The request came days after a federal judge stayed a…
LEXINGTON, KY — Barry Saturday, the Lexington, Kentucky, native and former council candidate who was named by online sleuth group Sedition Hunters as ‘Denim Dad’, a figure allegedly involved in the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, has been arrested. This update comes following the group’s allegations that Saturday was part of the violent…
by Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service People’s wallets continue to feel the impact of high food prices, and local environmental groups say sustainable food systems and regenerative farming are solutions that deserve support in the next Farm Bill. Lawmakers are currently at work shaping the legislation to replace the current Farm Bill, enacted in 2018…