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5 days ago · BY Jacob Fischler - November 8, 2024. BRIEF. Muhlenberg County chosen for first domestic TNT production in decades, McConnell announces. BY Lantern staff - November 8, 2024. Federal judge rejects Biden policy shielding immigrant spouses, children from deportation. BY Ariana Figueroa - November 8, 2024.
Women will make up majority of Kentucky Supreme Court for first …
2 days ago · In 1963, only 4% of first-year law students were female, rising to 20% in 1973, 39% in 1983 and 44% by 1993. In Kentucky last year women made up the majority of law students at the University of Louisville (53%) and Northern Kentucky University (55%). Female and male enrollment were about even at the University of Kentucky in 2023-24 with 203 ...
News - Kentucky Lantern
5 days ago · BY: Lantern staff - November 8, 2024. Kentucky has been chosen as the site for a $435 million TNT production facility as the United States resumes domestic production of the explosive for the first time since the 1980s, according to a news release from U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. The Army will award a contract to Repkon USA ...
What now for education after Kentuckians reject GOP's 'school …
4 days ago · Election Day at the Landsdowne Elementary School precinct in Lexington, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes) After Kentucky voters thwarted a Republican-backed “school choice” amendment, the legislature’s supermajority will likely focus on holding “poorly performing school systems” accountable, said Republican Senate ...
Commentary - Kentucky Lantern
BY: Teri Carter - October 23, 2024. In an op-ed released by Kentucky’s Senate Majority Caucus touting its achievements, Senate President Robert Stivers and state Sen. Chris McDaniel criticized Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear for attempting “to take credit for these improvements” when the legislature has done the work. This is a consistent ...
Rural Kentuckians expand Trump's victory margin as voter turnout …
Nov 6, 2024 · The deepened support for Trump in Kentucky reflected a broader political movement taking place in other states across the country toward Republicans, including states considered to be Democratic strongholds, where Trump won more support from voters than expected.. Stephen Voss, associate professor of political science at the University of Kentucky, told the Lantern what initially struck him ...
Early voting ‘made Election Day a lot smoother,' says Adams, but …
5 days ago · Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams said he was “95% pleased” with how Kentucky’s voting process panned out during the 2024 general election. In a Wednesday afternoon telephone interview, Adams discussed voting experiences at polling locations, possible updates to election ...
Kentuckians say ‘no’ to public funding for private, charter schools
Nov 6, 2024 · LOUISVILLE — A constitutional amendment to allow the Kentucky General Assembly to fund nonpublic schools failed at the ballot box Tuesday. Amendment 2 — which 65 % of voters rejected, according to unofficial results — would have opened a path for the Republican-controlled legislature to allow state dollars to flow to nonpublic schools, such as private or charter schools.
As early voting begins, Republicans and Democrats make final …
Oct 31, 2024 · With days left in Kentucky’s general election, supporters and opponents of Amendment 2 are traveling the state to make their last-minute pitches to voters. Republicans U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, his wife Kelley Paul and former Attorney General Daniel Cameron spoke to a Bowling Green rally for the ...
GOP leaders say policy debates are to come as Democrats decry …
Oct 4, 2024 · FRANKFORT — With the general election next month, Kentucky’s top Democrats and Republicans are both criticizing what they say is misinformation about a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly to fund nonpublic schools.
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