By Linda Blackford | Editor
Happy Thursday!
On Tuesday night, reporter Liam Niemeyer drove to Burgin for a meeting on data centers. He knew it could get heated; he was not expecting for people to walk out. Read more about how both Mercer County residents and elected officials are reacting to a hyperscale data center proposal.
In another heated topic in Kentucky, reporter McKenna Horsley examines some recent reports on ICE detainments – what we know, and more importantly, don’t know, about what’s going on in our jails.
We’ve lost someone else: Franklin Circuit Court Judge Roger Crittenden, who helped direct the Eric Conn restitution, died at 81.
And the director of economic development in Lexington says there’s plenty going on there when it comes to jobs.
Thanks for reading!
Some attendees of the Burgin city council meeting brought lawn chairs to sit inside the engine bay. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)
By Liam Niemeyer
A city council member for a small Mercer County community walked out of a meeting Tuesday evening, stopping a vote that could have restarted efforts to annex land for a proposed hyperscale data center, a project that’s been under local scrutiny for months.
From left to right, U.S. Reps. Delia Ramirez, Gwen Moore and Morgan McGarvey go to a Northern Kentucky jail to see conditions for people being held by ICE in August. (Photo provided by U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey’s office)
By McKenna Horsley
The number of federal immigration detainees in Kentucky jails is growing dramatically, but the public knows less and less about them, including whether or not they have criminal records, according to new reports on federal efforts to deport more people.
Judge Roger L. Crittenden
By Jack Brammer
Former Franklin Circuit Judge Roger L. Crittenden, who issued the landmark legal decision that requires the General Assembly to pass a budget, died Monday at his home in Frankfort. He was 81.
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton speaks to trainees at the workforce development center in Davis Park. (Photo courtesy LFUCG)
COMMENTARY
By Kevin Atkins
Lexington’s government and its economic development partners work on economic development every day to ensure there are good-paying jobs for our residents, and to keep our quality of life high for everyone. For me, it’s a top priority – it’s my job to ensure our economy continues to thrive.
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