Please, just for a minute, put a tiny bit of the care and critical thinking that Kentuckians have focused on the UK men's basketball coach search on something that Frankfort lawmakers (including Gov Beshear) would prefer you ignore:
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I’m not shocked by anything anymore, but this story from Eleanor Beardsley about the persecution Meir Baruchin has faced just for recognizing the humanity of others had my jaw on the floor when it heard it on All Things Considered today, npr.org/2024/04/12/124…

Community members in Louisville and Southern Indiana are working to identify unmarked graves belonging to Black residents from the region's past. Giselle Rhoden reports it's part of an effort to recognize and remember their names so they aren’t forgotten. lpm.org/news/2024-04-1…

Two JCPS board members will not seek reelection courier-journal.com/story/news/edu… via Krista Johnson

Last month, I spoke with farmers all over Kentucky about some alarming numbers:

Between 2017-22, #Kentucky lost more than 5,600 family farms, and more than half a million acres of farmland.

Quick thread on my latest for Courier Journal:
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This story will be updated shortly with a new statement from Mayor Craig Greenberg’s Press Secretary Scottie Ellis:

Louisville Metro has reached a deal with the city’s police union for new employment contracts for rank-and-file officers, as well as sergeants, lieutenants and captains. @byrobertor reports. lpm.org/news/2024-04-1…

The Ethics Commission has DISMISSED the complaints against Mayor Craig Greenberg. We’ll get a formal opinion in the coming days, I’m told.

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More on what led up to this photo:
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If the community wants input on the police employment contract, the only meeting is Monday and you have to sign up by tomorrow.

Here's my story on the JCPS vote to cut magnet transportation: lpm.org/news/2024-04-1…

There is SO much more to learn about this decision, and all the questions brought up in the meeting. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, I recommend this 🧵 as a companion to the story.

It’s been one year since the mass shooting at Old National Bank. Giselle Rhoden reports community members gathered for a memorial service Wednesday in Louisville.

lpm.org/news/2024-04-1…

Ah, for the days when lawmakers recognized that KORA 'has grown out of the frustration that citizens feel when-after electing a representative government- elected officials act as if government belongs to them rather than the people.' Rep. Joe Clarke,1976. kentucky.com/news/politics-…

The @JCPSKy board has voted 4-3 to adopt cuts to all magnet and traditional transportation, except to Central HS and Western HS.

In favor: Kolb, Duncan, Craig, McIntosh
Opposed: Marshall, Shull, Strange

Here at the @JCPSKy board meeting. 30 mins before the meeting begins here at VanHoose the chairs are almost full.

The space has a maximum capacity of 142 people.

Additional chairs are set up in the lobby.