Nadia Ramlagan
ReporterNadia Ramlagan covers the Ohio Valley and Appalachian region for Public News Service (Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia). She previously worked for The Center for Emerging Media and The Marc Steiner Show, a daily public affairs public radio program in Baltimore, MD and reported for WUKY in Lexington, KY. She's produced long-form radio documentaries and is currently in the process of working on a film. Nadia studied at the University of Edinburgh, American University, and Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Online extortion cases involving children have been rapidly increasing in Kentucky and nationwide, and legislation signed into law by Gov. Andy Beshear aims to protect kids from digital abuse. -
New data shows incarceration has ballooned in Kentucky's rural counties, and less populated regions are building more jails. -
Labor unions in Kentucky predict workers will face more threats as the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is dismantled. -
Dozens of mine safety field offices in Kentucky and across the country would close under a proposal by the federal Department of Government Efficiency. -
Kentucky ranks among the worst states for seasonal allergies from early spring through late fall, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. -
Kentucky lawmakers have opened a path for more public universities to offer professional and advanced degree programs. -
Some Kentucky lawmakers want to make it mandatory for some Medicaid participants in Kentucky to work. Still, experts say that would disproportionately affect people with mental health or substance use disorders. -
As opioid settlement money continues to flow into Kentucky, counties have to make major decisions on how to spend it. -
A 63-acre purchase by a local land restoration group in eastern Kentucky could potentially delay the building of a proposed $500 million federal prison. -
A bill introduced by Kentucky lawmakers would increase alternatives to prison or jail for parents convicted of nonviolent offenses. Most of the women and men in Kentucky's prisons and jails are also parents of young children.
