Home • Kentucky Lantern
3 days ago · Factual, fair, independent journalism. Kentucky Lantern is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
News - Kentucky Lantern
Jan 17, 2025 · Trump inauguration moved inside U.S. Capitol amid predictions of Arctic blast BY: Jennifer Shutt - January 17, 2025 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump …
KY state workers group blasts pension settlement with hedge …
2 days ago · FRANKFORT — The recent proposed settlement of a long-running lawsuit against big hedge funds over their role in investing Kentucky pension funds will produce a “pittance” …
Commentary - Kentucky Lantern
Gable’s death is a call for truth bells to ring BY: Al Cross - December 18, 2024 Robert Gable, who died at 90 on Nov. 29, will be remembered by the Kentucky political world as the man who …
Winter storm leaves tens of thousands of Kentuckians without power
Jan 6, 2025 · Approximately 83,000 Kentuckians across more than three dozen counties were without power Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that gathers power …
Kentucky’s largest utility says it’s ready for extreme cold. Others ...
Jan 3, 2025 · Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities — the state’s largest utility, serving about 1.3 million customers — is prepared to make sure failures of its fossil fuel-fired …
Kentucky Lantern
Hello, Kentuckians. We’re about to fire up a new source of news for you, the Kentucky Lantern. Sign up today for our newsletter and don’t miss a word of news or commentary. You’ll be able …
State revenue is forecast to decline as Kentucky lawmakers …
Dec 9, 2024 · A projected dip in state tax collections appears not to have dimmed Republican leaders’ eagerness to again cut Kentucky’s income tax. Kentucky Senate President Robert …
'Frankfort has not changed me,' says KY Senate's new Republican …
Dec 23, 2024 · Sen. Max Wise, R-Campbellsville, presents his school “guardian” bill to the House Education Committee, March 26, 2024. Wise is the Kentucky Senate’s incoming majority floor …
Less power from coal, more from natural gas in Kentucky's future, …
Oct 25, 2024 · Power-intensive data centers will drive growth in electricity demand in the near future, says the utility serving the most Kentuckians. It plans to meet that demand by …