By Linda Blackford | Editor
Good morning!
A voting issue has turned into a big headache for Jefferson County Clerk David Yates. Confusion over the precinct lines between Oldham and Jefferson have led Yates to turn to the courts to sort it out. Reporter McKenna Horsley has the story.
Also in the courts, President Donald Trump has nominated a replacement for federal Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, who is now the dean of UK’s Rosenberg College of Law.
About a month after Renee Shaw announced she was retiring from KET, her boss is following suit.
And in Commentary, while it’s great Kentucky’s overdose numbers have gone down, we can’t give up the fight.
Democratic Jefferson County Clerk David Yates announces that his office has filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit demanding sensitive Kentucky voter information. (Kentucky Lantern photo by McKenna Horsley)
By McKenna Horsley
IJefferson County Clerk David Yates said his office will take legal action to get judicial guidance on how to handle the reassignment of dozens of voters on the Jefferson-Oldham County line.
By McKenna Horsley
President Donald Trump has nominated a circuit judge to become a federal judge for the U.S. Eastern District of Kentucky.
Caption (Name/Kentucky Lantern)
By Liam Niemeyer
Kentucky Educational Television’s executive director and CEO is retiring at the end of the year after leading the statewide public television network for nearly 17 years.
Access to naloxone, or Narcan, has helped decrease overdose deaths in Kentucky. Naloxone, shown in this photo at the Louisville jail, reverses overdose effects. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)
COMMENTARY
By Melanie Landrum
When a Kentucky woman called an emergency department earlier this year, she wasn’t asking whether treatment was available. Through tears, she was asking whether anyone would judge her for needing it.
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