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The University of Kentucky broke ground today on the new UK Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building, located across from UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital on South Limestone. The 550,000-square-foot facility will become the new home to the UK Markey Cancer Center, Kentucky's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as a Comprehensive Spine Center, ambulatory surgery space, and other outpatient services.  The Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building a...

In a republic, the form of government that the U.S. Constitution prescribes for states, the will of the people is supposed to be exercised through elected representatives. In Kentucky, we

Newspaper editors across the commonwealth let out a huge sigh of relief Monday night with an email from David Thompson, Executive Director for the Kentucky Press Association, letting us know

Controversial proposed changes to the Kentucky Open Records Act did not make it into law during this session of the General Assembly, and Kentuckians are the better for the failed

FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers filed more than 1,200 bills this session — the most in more than 20 years — and passed about 215 of them before adjourning Monday, according

If there is a photo that defines Kentucky’s 2024 regular session, it is a smiling Secretary of State Michael Adams signing House Bill 5 — a sprawling, data-questionable, pro-incarceration bill with an unknown, sky’s-the-limit budget, overriding the governor’s veto — in the capitol rotunda, surrounded by more than two dozen applauding supporters and lawmakers. All […] The post Undercurrent of racism propelled this legislative session appeared first on Ken...

In a republic, the form of government that the U.S. Constitution prescribes for states, the will of the people is supposed to be exercised through elected representatives. In Kentucky, we call our government a commonwealth, a term borrowed from our mother state, Virginia, meaning that it should serve the well-being of the people. The people’s […] The post Did Kentucky legislators serve our common wealth? appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.

The people’s wellbeing, and their will, were not served on several issues in the recently concluded session of their elected representatives, columnist Al Cross writes.

FRANKFORT – The longest “long” legislative session in many years wrapped up on April 15.

FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers filed more than 1,200 bills this session — the most in more than 20 years — and passed about 215 of them before adjourning Monday, according