Commission for Racial Justice and Equality

Mayor Linda Gorton on Thursday officially appointed the members of a permanent Racial Justice and Equality Commission and named its first chair and vice chair, Sam Meaux and Charlotte Turley.

Lexington’s annual celebration and commemoration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will take place Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The Freedom March will begin at 10 a.m. at the Lexington Central Bank Center, and a virtual program will now take place at noon, on YouTube. The program following the march was originally scheduled to take place in-person, but has been changed due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases.

Job seekers and employers came together Thursday at the Charles Young Community Center as Mayor Linda Gorton and several councilmembers helped cut the…

Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton says the city is making headway on the recommendations produced by her Commission on Racial Justice & Equality. Of the dozens…

Following months of work through the summer, Mayor Linda Gorton's Commission for Racial Justice and Equality has delivered dozens of recommendations to…