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WEBSep 11, 2024 · WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris honored victims on the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when four hijacked commercial airliners crashed into New York City’s Twin Towers, a Pennsylvania field and the Pentagon, shocking the world and …
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WEBABOUT US. The Kentucky Lantern is an independent, nonpartisan, free news service. We’re based in Frankfort a short walk from the Capitol, but all of Kentucky is our beat. We focus on how decisions made in the marble halls of power ripple through the lives of Kentuckians. We bring attention to injustices and hold institutions and officials ...
Beshear signs order banning conversion therapy on Kentucky minors
WEB5 days ago · Republican lawmakers slam governor’s action as violation of parental rights. By: Sarah Ladd - September 18, 2024 12:49 pm. Gov. Andy Beshear, surrounded by advocates for mental health and LGBTQ Kentuckians, signs an executive order Wednesday banning conversion therapy on young Kentuckians. (Governor’s office)
Teamsters Local 89 endorses Harris after national union doesn’t …
WEB3 days ago · Union workers from Kentucky and Southern Indiana announced Thursday they were endorsing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. The announcement from the Teamsters Local 89 Executive Board comes a day after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse a candidate for president. The Teamsters Local 89 executive board said their unanimous decision to endorse Harris and her ...
COVID-19 on the rise in Kentucky - Kentucky Lantern
WEBAug 6, 2024 · LOUISVILLE — COVID-19 is “alive and well” in Kentucky, cautions infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Burns, as hospitalizations for the virus rise and students and teachers head back to school. Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services data shows an uptick in emergency department visits and hospitalizations from COVID-19 …
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Feds OK Kentucky plans to roll out $1 billion for broadband. Here's ...
WEBJun 17, 2024 · Beshear also called the recent expiration of a federal program that provided up to $30 a month to low-income households for internet access “a shame.” Approximately 1 in 4 Kentucky households were enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program.. The next steps to roll out Kentucky’s funding include a process for ensuring the accuracy of the state’s broadband access maps.
Kentucky university presidents grovel to systemic racism
WEB4 days ago · September 19, 2024 5:45 am. Sen. Lindsey Tichenor, R-Smithfield, told University of Louisville President Kim Schatzel, “I don’t like that word, equity.” (Getty Images) If you want to witness firsthand how systemic racism works, you need only have been in Capitol Annex Room 154 on Tuesday, Sep. …
KY housing shortage will worsen without action, low-income …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · LOUISVILLE — A leader of a national real estate research firm says if no action is taken over the next five years on Kentucky’s housing shortage, more Kentuckians could be forced to live in substandard housing, live with family or friends in crowded spaces, deal with severe housing costs or become homeless.