Significant rollback of Kentucky’s regulation of water pollution becomes law following GOP veto override
By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern A controversial bill that would significantly roll back Kentucky’s ability to regulate water pollution will…
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Fancy Farm: GOP bashes Beshear, Harris; school funding amendment energizes crowd
By Liam Neimeyer Kentucky Lantern FANCY FARM — The stage at this year’s Fancy Farm picnic in West Kentucky was…
Opinion – Liam Niemeyer: 10,000 Kentuckians marched for racial equality; my grandmother was one of them
I never got a chance to ask my grandmother about what March 5, 1964 was like for her. What she…
Legislation ’24: Two bills signed by Governor; one exempts small farms from hunting, fishing licenses
So far, as the legislature is in the second half of its session, only two bills have been signed into…
Kentucky among most vulnerable states to climate change impacts, says new research
By Liam Niemeyer The Kentucky Lantern A new index measuring 184 categories of public data across more than 70,000 census…
KY House GOP to pass income tax cut this week; critics call it permanent cut on ‘temporary surpluses’
By Liam Niemeyer and McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Republican House Speaker David Osborne says his GOP supermajority in the House…
The region’s food banks are seeing longer lines amid inflation and declining government support
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley ReSource Ruth Cummings gingerly leaned over the boxes of produce in the hot June sun,…
A new kind of ‘mining’ has arrived in the Ohio Valley. What will crypto mean for the region?
By Liam Niemeyer and Katie Meyers Ohio Valley ReSource Open the door of Blockware Mining’s data center in Paducah, Kentucky,…
Failure to extend child nutrition wavers has some school officials worried some kids will go hungry
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley ReSource Pizza is on the menu at Mayfield High School, a favorite among the 200…
Kentucky mental health professionals dealing with case overload after multiple disasters impact state
By Corinne Boyer and Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley ReSource Corina Hall remembers looking out her window and watching her car…
With reintroduction of elk, Kentucky professor sees an opportunity to help revitalize Appalachia
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley ReSource Howard Whiteman is inching along in his black Toyota Prius, craning his neck to…
Climate change and popularity of alternative meat leave Kentucky’s cattle farmers at crossroads
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley ReSource Many people might think of Blake Munger as a cattle farmer as he walks…
Vaccine hesitancy hovers over efforts to get to herd immunity across Kentucky, Ohio Valley region
By Liam Niemeyer, Corinne Boyer and Suhail Bhat Ohio Valley ReSource Phyllis Gibbs wasn’t sure until recently that she’d be…
As lawmakers prioritize broadband services, some communities wonder when it will reach them
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley Resource As Barkley Hughes and I rumbled around in his red utility vehicle last month,…
Here comes the sun: Solar moves in, and a Kentucky farm community wonders about its future
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley Resource The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window…
Overhyped hemp? Amid major price drop, and a big bankruptcy, Kentucky hemp farmers feel burned
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley Resource John Fuller is waiting for another farmer he’s never met before to talk about…