Sarah Ladd
Sarah Ladd is a Louisville-based journalist from West Kentucky who's covered everything from crime to higher education. She spent nearly two years on the metro breaking news desk at The Courier Journal. In 2020, she started reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and has covered health ever since. As the Kentucky Lantern's health reporter, she focuses on mental health, LGBTQ+ issues, maternal health, children's welfare and more.
Kentucky Lantern is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
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Two incumbents, one Republican, one Democrat, crushed their opponents early on election night with plus 40 point victory margins. -
Kentucky’s auditor has asked the Court of Appeals to send her lawsuit against the Beshear administration back to Franklin Circuit Court so she can iron out the kinship care dispute that’s kept them in court for more than a year. -
Gov. Andy Beshear asked Kentucky’s congressional delegation in a Thursday letter to throw their support behind a bill amending the Black Lung Benefits Act to “provide adequate benefits for miners suffering from black lung disease.”
