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Lexington’s Urban County Council will weigh a $218,452 boost to homeless street outreach and a separate $50,000 deal to add sheriff’s patrols downtown at its work session Tuesday, two items likely to draw public interest amid ongoing debates over downtown safety and services. The 3 p.m. meeting is in Council Chamber at 200 E.…

via LPD news release An anonymous tip to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers lead to two arrests for narcotics trafficking in Lexington. On June 24, 2025, detectives with the department’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit were following up on a tip in the 4600 block of Saron Drive when they located and seized 13.2 grams of Fentanyl, 14.7 grams of…

This is republished from The Gallery Pass. This list comes after weeks of careful consideration and repeatedly running through scores of nominations, including some of my own recommendations from my time as a politics reporter. All told, nearly 200 people were considered for this list, and only a few dozen ultimately made the cut.…

LGBTQ+ youth in Kentucky are a step closer to losing one of the very few protections they have from their state government.  Kentucky’s GOP-dominated House voted Wednesday afternoon to end Gov. Andy Beshear’s 2024 executive order banning conversion therapy and to block future restrictions on the discredited counseling practice until 2028.  They voted largely…

The article is from our special issue on Mpox. You can access the full issue here. Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is officially a global health emergency (again). After making headlines in 2022, mpox is once again considered a public health crisis by the World Health Organization. And like last time, health officials warn it…

photo by Jon Cherry ICYMI: Kentucky’s 2025 legislative session is upon us and, as always, it is shaping up to be a bit of a doozy. Want to advocate for yourself, your friends or your favorite causes? Want to push for or against a bill? Just want to be more plugged into state politics…

I’m not going to bury the lede, so I’m going to hold your hand while I say something y’all probably already know: Kentucky doesn’t have a statewide fairness ordinance. Around 22 states plus Washington, D.C. have such ordinances in some capacity. Kentucky is not one of them. Plenty of other states — Kentucky included…

Well, friends, we are more than 13% of the way done with Kentucky’s 2025 legislative session and what a time we have already had.  Actually, honestly, this year’s session has been off to a slow and snowy start. It looks like the GOP-dominated legislature is keeping — at least, as of right now —…

We get it: It can be incredibly difficult, downright tiring and often straight-up boring to follow all of the different bills moving through Frankfort during Kentucky’s legislative session.  That’s why we’re launching the Queer Kentucky #KYGA25 Bill Tracker. As new bills get filed and legislation moves through Frankfort, we’ll comb through everything and put…

Y’all, it is time: Kentucky’s 2025 legislative session has arrived.  Queer Kentucky compiled this handy guide to all things #KYGA25 so you can stay on top of what’s happening in Frankfort.  Have ideas of what our team should keep an eye on during the session? We’re all ears: Email civics reporter Olivia Krauth at…