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Fierceness was named the 5-2 morning line favorite for the upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and will look to make history in next Saturday’s milestone race as the first entrant to win in 45 attempts from the No. 17 post position.
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A five-year extension on Lexington’s license plate readers – known as FLOCK cameras – is moving forward. Despite two years in operation, community concerns persist about how the cameras might be used in the future.
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On Tuesday Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton laid out her budget proposal for fiscal year 2024/25. WUKY’s Karyn Czar reports.
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Kentucky’s 2024 Legislative session wrapped up Monday. The state’s Republican majority celebrates their wins, while Democratic leaders express frustration over what they say was a lack of cooperation.
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Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock and WUKY's Alan Lytle discuss the major storylines going into and coming out of the now concluded 2024 Legislative Session and how those votes might play out in next month's primary election (May 21st for those of you scoring at home) and the November general election.
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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton presents her proposed budget to the Urban County Council later today, plus we have updates on so-called FLOCKcameras, short-term rental regs outside the Urban Service Boundary and an opportunity for you to meet some of the people running for office in the May primary. Civic Lex's Adrian Bryant has all of the details. He talks with WUKY's Alan Lytle.
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While the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly resulted in a number of big ticket bills — including a constitutional amendment that could allow public dollars to flow into private schools, a sweeping and controversial anti-crime measure, and a $33 billion budget — the final day proved a non-starter for several closely-watched bills.
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A Kentucky Democratic lawmaker made a failed eleventh-hour push to debate exceptions for rape and incest in the state's near-total abortion ban on the final day of the General Assembly.
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Kentucky has a new state education commissioner, now that the state Senate has signed off on his appointment.
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Starting in January 2025, Kentuckians will be able to purchase medical cannabis in-state. House Bill 829 has passed legislature and heads to the governor’s desk.
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With hours remaining in the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly, Republican lawmakers are celebrating big ticket bills that have reached final passage as they wrap up legislative business. But some questions do linger as the clock ticks down.
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Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart says he can’t comment on a lawsuit filed by two former swim team members against him, the school and former coach Lars Jorgensen, alleging sexual assaults including rape by Jorgensen and claiming the school “purposefully” disregarded multiple credible reports of inappropriate sexual relationships.