By Linda Blackford | Editor
If you think people are worried about data centers, wait til the folks in Lewis County get a load of a proposal for what might be the biggest nuclear power plant in the country, plopped down there on the Ohio River. It’s a long way off from reality, but folks are already talking about safety. Reporter Liam Niemeyer has the story.
Liam also wrote about an Attorney General’s opinion that says it’s ok to use public funds to place school resource officers, or police, at private schools as well as public ones. It’s sure to cause a ruckus, given Kentucky’s past battles over public funds going to private schools.
Speaking of our constitutional officers, it’s great to see one with a sense of humor. Auditor Allison Ball has made some very, um, strategic choices in her recommendations for the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, and there’s no telling which one Gov. Beshear will pick.
And in Commentary, I wrote about the political debates I grew up watching versus the ones we see now. Which mostly seem to be just one person.
Have a great Thursday and thanks for reading.
A rendering of the proposed nuclear power plant units in Lewis County, Kentucky. (Courtesy the Nuclear Company)
By Liam Niemeyer
A Lexington-based nuclear energy startup is proposing to build a massive nuclear power plant complex along the Ohio River in Lewis County, which, if fully realized, would be the largest nuclear power plant site in the country and the first nuclear power plant in Kentucky.
A child crosses under caution tape at Robb Elementary School on May 25, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and 2 adults were killed. Dozens of officers from various agencies stood in the hallways for over an hour, reportedly confused about chain of command. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
By Liam Niemeyer
Republican Kentucky Attorney General Russel Coleman says it is constitutional to use public, county funding to fund the placement of school resource officers at private schools, according to a legal opinion published earlier this month.
Auditor Allison Ball in her Frankfort office on Dec. 16, 2025. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)
By McKenna Horsley
Republican Auditor Allison Ball is requesting some familiar faces join the Executive Branch Ethics Commission.
Ball’s office issued a press release with her nominations Wednesday morning, along with a letter to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
Charles Booker, right, speaks during a debate with U.S. Rep. Andy Barr at the WKYT studios in Lexington, Ky., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Courtesy pool photographer Ryan Hermens)
COMMENTARY
By Linda Blackford
Debates sure aren’t what they used to be.
Do you remember gathering around the TV (how quaint!) to watch two candidates try to politely (how delightfully old-fashioned!) out-argue each other on substantive points of public policy?
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