The majority opinion of Kentucky justices ruled government business conducted on private devices are not public records, which critics say could “eviscerate” open records law. #kyga26
From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org & @joesonka.lpm.org
Well over 1,000 people lined up along the front of Paducah’s Bob Noble Park Saturday afternoon to rally against actions the Trump administration has taken over the course of the president’s second term.
Charles Booker, who is running for the Democratic nomination for Kentucky’s open Senate seat this year, showed up to the No Kings protest in Paducah Saturday afternoon.
A Nashville reporter who has reported on ICE was detained at a stop in South Nashville yesterday. Estefany Rodríguez fled Colombia after getting death threats and is awaitng an asylum hearing.
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…well I’m glad that was clarified.
After more than a decade of expansion, the latest report from the Kentucky Distillers’ Association says decreases in demand for bourbon and other spirits brought on by trade policies and shifting consumer tastes could slow growth in one of the Bluegrass State’s signature industries.
A United Campus Workers of Kentucky board member says a bill now under consideration in the state House that would let public universities lay off educators – including those with tenure – for financial reasons could be “devastating” for the commonwealth’s academic community.
For the second consecutive year, the Kentucky House passed a bill that would make water fluoridation optional for local utility providers. From @hannahsaad.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social #kyga26
Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education on Friday approved Murray State University’s proposal to offer a doctorate of veterinary medicine program – which would be the first degree of its kind offered in the Bluegrass State.
Kentucky GOP lawmakers are making another attempt to get rid of a state law requiring most water systems to add fluoride – a practice that has been widely recognized as a successful public health campaign for decades. From @hannahsaad.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social #kyga26
Kentucky GOP lawmakers are making another attempt to get rid of a state statute that requires most water systems to add fluoride to their supplies – a practice that has been widely recognized as a successful public health campaign for decades.
Kentucky school employees and volunteers have to use traceable forms of communications when they contact students outside the classroom. But now, a state senator wants to fix some unintended consequences that teachers and education advocacy groups have brought to her attention.
Don’t be surprised when a lot of down-ballot races in November elections in western Kentucky have only one name - or sometimes no names - on the ballot. I spent some time tallying candidates for county offices, and figuring out who’s running with no competition (or only primary competition):
Our student reporter Shelby Bloomer spent weeks reseaching, interviewing and traveling out to different hemp businesses in western Kentucky to put this piece together, and I think she did a pretty dang good job exploring this issue. Check out the results of her labor:
Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the crash in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada that took the lives of 248 Fort Campbell soldiers who were on their way home from a deployment to Egypt.
A GOP state legislator has proposed a bill to force Kentucky police departments to work with an ICE task force program. From @hannahsaad.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social
A Republican state representative plans to file legislation that would require all Kentucky police agencies to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a program that gives local officers some power to enforce federal immigration law.
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Per the Weakley County Examiner, Martin Mayor Randy Brundige and the city’s head of economic development Brad Thompson just…went back to work like normal on Wednesday after they were arrested on Tuesday??
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From @hannahsaad.bsky.social: The leader of a far western Kentucky firefighters union chapter is suing city officials in Paducah, claiming they violated his rights under the 1st and 14th Amendments – as well as federal and state labor laws – by terminating his job with the Paducah Fire Department.
New program employs Paducah domestic violence survivors to make chef-crafted spice blend. From @hannahsaad.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social
A new line of spice blends cooked up by a celebrity chef is benefiting a western Kentucky domestic crisis center, employing survivors of domestic violence while also raising funds for the nonprofit.
From @hannahsaad.bsky.social: An elementary school that serves children of military families at Fort Campbell must put books that the Department of Defense ordered to be removed from its library shelves back, per a Virginia federal judge’s ruling issued Monday.
Paducah City Commission axes fire captain who heads local union. He claims it was retaliation. From @hannahsaad.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social
The Paducah City Commission unanimously voted during a marathon-length special called meeting Friday to fire a captain in the Paducah Fire Department who also leads the local firefighters union. His attorneys suggested the hearing on whether to terminate his employment was motivated by retaliation.
Kentucky's state budget director says they'll need to set aside > $115 million more than previous years on food assistance benefits and (because of the BBB passed by Congress this summer) potentially hundreds of millions of dollars more. From @hannahsaad.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social #kyga25
For Kentucky’s next biennial budget, the state budget director says it will need to set aside over $115 million more than in previous years to keep giving residents in need food stamps and – because of the federal reconciliation bill – potentially hundreds of millions of dollars on top of that.
From @doperle.bsky.social: A lease to build the first U.S.-owned, privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the country was signed in western Kentucky on Tuesday against a backdrop of containers holding depleted tails of uranium hexafluoride.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office says a new law requiring educators and school volunteers to use traceable forms of communication with students does not appear to violate their First Amendment rights.
With only one Democrat speaking at the western Kentucky political event, the jabs and jeers of Fancy Farm turned inwards as the GOP candidates jockeyed for the opportunity to replace U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. via @sylviaruthg.lpm.org @hannahsaad.bsky.social
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