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The CROWN Act — that's anti-discrimination language meant to protect natural race-based hairstyles — may not have gained traction in Frankfort this session, but in Kentucky's capital city the movement is catching on.
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A staffer for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D,.C. over the weekend. The suspect has since been taken into custody.
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Why does where you live and who you are affect the quality of your healthcare? That broad topic was explored at UK Monday at the 18th annual Center for Clinical and Translational Science spring conference. This year’s theme was translating equity into action. WUKY's Alan Lytle has details in this in-depth report.
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Lobbying continues over perhaps the most divisive bill of the 2023 legislative session, a sweeping measure that restricts gender-affirming care for minors, among other controversial provisions. Following Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150, the issue is back in the legislature’s court this week.
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Twenty years ago, Kentucky had the highest colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates in the U.S., as well as the second-lowest colorectal cancer screening rate. That's certainly not the case now. Dr. Greg talks with Dr. Thomas Tucker, senior director for cancer surveillance at UK's Markey Cancer Center about the turnaround and where Kentucky goes from here.
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WUKY's Award winning history series Saving Stories celebrates Women's History Month. Nunn Center Director Doug Boyd shares audio from a rare oral history interview with Martha Layne Collins; the only woman ever to be elected governor of Kentucky. She talks about her approach to the office, convincing Japanese automaker Toyota to build a plant in Georgetown and how she hoped Kentuckians would look back on her time as governor. Saving Stories is a collaboration between WUKY and the Louie B. Nunn for Oral History in the UK Libraries.
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Kentucky's Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender-affirming health care and restricting the bathrooms they can use.
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Hozier (Eat Your Young), The Milk Carton Kids (All Of The Time In The World To Kill), Daughter (Party), Band of Heathens (I Got The Time), The New Pornographers (Angelcover), Weyes Blood (Children Of The Empire), & Peter Gabriel (Panopticom (Bright Side Mix))!
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With bank failures rattling the market, Kentuckians might be wondering about the outlook for banks in the commonwealth. Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear had reassuring words for those who do their banking in the commonwealth.
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Parts of Kentucky could be in for another bout of severe weather -- with heavy rain, possible flooding, and hail – mostly on Friday.
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A handful of new bills became law Thursday with the governor’s endorsement, including a consumer protection measure aimed at services that provide free trial subscriptions or memberships.
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Tom Hammond recently retired after a distinguished career in sports broadcasting with NBC. A University of Kentucky graduate, he got his start on radio in his hometown of Lexington, and began his television career as sports director at WLEX-TV in the late 1960s.This conversation covers, among other topics, the early assignments he handled in Lexington, the variety of events he broadcast to a network audience, and some of the partners he worked with over his 34 years with NBC.
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Kentucky State University – a historically Black land-grant university in Frankfort – has dealt with stubborn financial problems for years. Wednesday, State Auditor Mike Harmon made public the latest review of the school’s troubled finances.
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A state diagnostic review team has done a deep dive on Lexington’s lowest performing schools, after the Kentucky Department of Education designated them as CSI, or being in need of “Comprehensive Support and Improvement.”
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