American Rescue Plan

Lexington’s six city pools are preparing to reopen with regular hours for the first time in three years, and they’re getting upgrades paid for by federal pandemic relief dollars.

They started last year with over a thousand project proposals, but Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council members have narrowed it down and given initial approval to a plan for 121 million in federal pandemic relief dollars. WUKY’s Arlo Barnette reports.

Urban County Council moved quickly on some items in the week leading up to Winter break, including the adoption of a new district map for Lexington. But…

Lexington expects to receive $120 million—or more than a fourth of the city’s entire annual budget—in federal American Rescue Plan dollars. When it comes…