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Linda Blackford: The silly season of a gubernatorial campaign is only just starting. Pace yourselves.

Peter Baniak, editor of the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader, has been promoted to become McClatchy’s vice president of news for small and medium markets.

Linda Blackford: Candidates like Secretary of State Michael Adams and Somerset Mayor Alan Keck are competent and decent. Why are they so rare?

Kentuckians who meet a detailed set of requirements would be able to possess up to 8 ounces of marijuana for medical use starting Jan. 1, under an executive order Gov.

Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including arguments to the Kentucky Supreme Court over whether abortion rights are protected in the state Constitution. Guests: John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader; Divya Karthikeyan, Kentucky Public Radio; and Chris Otts, WDRB in Louisville.

A nationally recognized poet, teacher and podcaster, Limón has been named to one of the nation’s top literary posts.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News Employees providing care at Kentucky nursing homes are among the least likely in the country to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, which has killed almost 2,500 people in those nursing homes.   The extent of the problem could be worse, because only about a third of the states nursing homes have reported vaccination figures to the  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which pays most of their costs and ...

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