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Ky Capitol reporter @kentuckypublicradio.org ~ prev @chronicle.com @wbez.org @chicagotribune.com ~ she/her send tips to sgoodman@lpm.org

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 3h
No Going Back, the Trump PAC, just reported to the FEC another huge ad buy in this R+15 district in Kentucky. They’ve now spent over $1M on ads to hold onto a seat that Republicans won by 27 points (!) just two years ago. #ky06
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14h
The story this fine morning >>
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Political forecaster moves open Kentucky House seat rating toward Democrats
Sabato’s Crystal Ball, an election predictor out of the University of Virginia, moved Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District from a “likely Republican” win to “leans Republican.”
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 29/09/2026
It is pretty wild for this district to now be classified as “lean Republican.” It may be Kentucky’s most purple district but even so it still went for Trump by 15 points and Barr held it very comfortably until going for the Senate seat. But this is shaping up to be a close election…
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 28/09/2026
After community members denounced a lack of transparency from public officials in a Carroll County data center project, some people are now pursuing ethics complaints against those who approved it, citing their ties to the electric utility that would power it. From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org
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Frustration over Kentucky data center has found another target — ethics complaints
After community members denounce a lack of transparency from public officials in a Carroll County data center project, some people are pursuing ethics complaints against those who approved it.
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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio @wpln.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fired for not moving LGBTQ books, a former Tennessee librarian sues wpln.org/post/fired-f...
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Fired for not moving LGBTQ books, a former Tennessee librarian sues
Former library director Luanne James is suing the Rutherford County Library System six months after she was fired for refusing to relocate LGBTQ-related
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 23/09/2026
Local newspapers are shutting down and shedding reporters across the country. @andrewhenderson.bsky.social spoke with @aacquisto.bsky.social, one of 13 journalists recently laid off at the Lexington Herald-Leader by hedge fund-owned McClatchy.
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Kentucky newspaper layoffs have a reporter asking: Can local journalism be saved?
Newspapers are shutting down and shedding reporters across the country, especially in Central Appalachia. Andrew Henderson sat down with a Lexington Herald-Leader reporter who was recently laid off al...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 23/09/2026
Citizens should always be suspicious when the government puts A LOT of effort into making sure journalists can’t listen in
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 22/09/2026
Beshear's book repeats a lot of what he's been saying since he first ran for governor and first floated the idea of running for president. @sylviaruthg.lpm.org and I focused on 5 new revelations that we learned from his book 👇
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
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RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 18/09/2026
Super PACs affiliated with Trump and another with Beshear are both spending big on ads in central Kentucky’s surprisingly competitive U.S. House race. A Friday read from @joesonka.lpm.org
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Trump vs. Beshear PAC ad proxy war emerges in Kentucky congressional race
Super PACs affiliated with President Donald Trump and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear are both spending big on ads in central Kentucky’s surprisingly competitive U.S. House race.
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 18/09/2026
Ah look what I just got in the mail. Me and my highlighter are ready
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Ryan Van Velzer @ryanvanvelzer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Using housing funds, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said his administration is partnering with Undue Medical Debt to erase $250 million in debts for Kentuckians. www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...
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Kentucky Gov. Beshear announces state investment to erase $250 million in medical debt
Using housing funds, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said his administration is partnering with Undue Medical Debt to erase $250 million in debts for Kentuckians.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 15/09/2026
Congressman James Comer's office says he's not running for another term as Oversight chair, saying "he believes in term limits and is term limited as Chair of the Oversight Committee. He will not be seeking a waiver to remain as Chair." Hasn't made it official, but he's running for #kygov in 2027.
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McKenna Horsley @mckennahorsley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay. Kentuckians can register to vote online at this link and may also check their existing registration. The deadline to register to vote in the November general election is Monday, Oct. 5. vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/govot...
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14/09/2026
McConnell returns to the Senate floor after June fall www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14/09/2026
McConnell, rolled out in a wheelchair, casts his first in person vote in months. Story to be pubbed shortly (I know everyone’s dying to read it)
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14/09/2026
And in a statement says he’ll be voting today… rest assured, we’re all watching
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14/09/2026
Watching along on C-Span so see if Sen. McConnell’s coming back as Senate reconvenes… my understanding is they’ve got a vote scheduled at 5:30 so that may be when we really know if McConnell is back in action (so to speak)
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14/09/2026
The drop in SNAP enrollment in Kentucky just from July to August is huge — and more than 15k of them children The USDA is also contributing less and less. We’re talking millions fewer pounds of food going into local food pantries
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 10/09/2026
Unfortunately, very crappy news today from me, on the McClatchy hedge fund gutting Kentucky's second-largest paper 👇
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McKenna Horsley @mckennahorsley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Judge Johnson says to Bevin: “You have done nothing to show the court that you are willing to act in good faith, and I cannot reward that with a reduced sentence or an alternative sentence or some form of relief for you.”
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office
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Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 01/09/2026
A court ruling helped immigrants jailed by ICE in Kentucky get bond hearings. Court records show many people still didn’t win their freedom. From @morgreports.lpm.org at KyCIR
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Immigrants jailed in Kentucky won in court, but many still can’t be freed on bond
A court ruling helped immigrants jailed by ICE in Kentucky get bond hearings. Court records show many people still didn’t win their freedom.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do?” --Wendell Berry
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 01/09/2026
I’m reading my grandma’s copy of Wendell Berry’s short story collection Fidelity. I picked “A Jonquil for Mary Penn” The way Berry describes community and the joy of being known is unmatched “It was a different world, a new world to her, that she came into then — a world of poverty and community”
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 01/09/2026
I keep this poem on my wall:
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 01/09/2026
Kentuckian Wendell Berry has died at age 92
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 31/08/2026
Republican Congressman Andy Barr, who is running for U.S. Senate, is the second GOP candidate for federal office in Kentucky to remove prominent references on his campaign website to his endorsement by President Trump, after using it to win the primary. From KPR's @sylviaruthg.lpm.org
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Another Kentucky Republican removes Trump’s name from his website ahead of midterms
GOP Congressman Andy Barr, who is running for U.S. Senate, removed some references on his webpage to the president’s endorsement after using it to win the primary.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Are states really cutting Dolly Parton’s reading program?
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 27/08/2026
Farm Bureau just got back to me annnnnd confirmed. Bidding is done with already donated funds. "Bidders purchase the Grand Champion Country Ham using funds they have donated or plan to donate to charitable organizations during the calendar year" per spox
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 27/08/2026
KY Sen. Rand Paul on X:
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 27/08/2026
I had always suspected from the way they talk about the donations, but yep confirmation. It’s a pageant to show off prior donations without actually pledging more
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 26/08/2026
two THOUSAND search over a 5 month period. That’s like an average of 17 searches a day to track his ex-wife
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 26/08/2026
This is just a rough week guys
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Tim Curry, Outlandish Star of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80
The three-time Tony nominee terrified audiences in Stephen King's 'It' and was a prolific voice actor as well.
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Divya Karthikeyan @divyakrthk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
must read story by @sylviaruthg.lpm.org
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 25/08/2026
Statement from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Kentucky, which has delivered more than 6 million books to Kentucky children since 2001 and is currently sending books to 132,000+ Ky kids:
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of our founder and inspiration, Dolly Parton.  We were so proud to realize her dream of the Imagination Library across the entire Commonwealth, and we will forever be grateful that she came to celebrate with us in 2024.  She leaves a legacy unlike any other in American life, and it will live on every time a Kentucky child receives her gift of reading."
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 25/08/2026
As a society we really can’t agree on much. But I think we can agree on Dolly though
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
SCOOP: Republican House candidate Ralph Alvarado is pivoting his message, editing his website to remove Trump mentions and delete a photo of them together. From “America First Fighter” to “Independent Leadership.” Trump won KY06 by 15 pts. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... BEFORE/AFTER
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 25/08/2026
First Amendment attorney Mike Abate: “It's pretty telling that they said they were going to comply, and after you kept pressing for it, they changed their mind. So there must be something they're trying to hide in these records if they're not willing to do the basic things the statute requires.”
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 24/08/2026
“I don't trust the jobs numbers. I don't trust the tax numbers... I feel like if they were being really transparent, there would be a board up there that said, ‘What are the risks of a project like this?’"
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 24/08/2026
Some rebranding at the state Capitol ⬇️ Gov. Beshear is redecorating the fencing around the construction zone with his "Team Kentucky" banners (no doubt the GOP supermajority love this)
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
As economic pressures gut local newsrooms across the country, white nationalist figures see an untapped opening: stepping into media deserts where there are few journalists left to sound the alarm.

“Local media has been dying all over America, which means that there’s essentially no real way to hold local governments accountable—and they can do whatever they want,” Kevin DeAnna told an invitation-only gathering of approximately 50 white nationalists in Rome.

Breaking into a broad smile, he excitedly added: “You should be fantasizing about this. This is a good thing.”
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 20/08/2026
Almost forgot to put the OG Lizardman sticker, also by Cash here ⬇️
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 20/08/2026
Latest in the impossibly long court battle over Kentucky’s execution protocols: The Ky Supreme Court denied the AG’s latest effort to get a case challenging the state’s execution protocols thrown out
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Kentucky Supreme Court denies latest attempt to halt execution protocols challenge
The Kentucky Supreme Court denied Attorney General Russell Coleman’s latest legal effort to get a case challenging the state’s execution protocols thrown out of court.
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 20/08/2026
We've got a lot of very strong contenders among this year's I Voted stickers. My favs:
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 19/08/2026
To all my Louisville followers: I recently started fostering lil sick kittens and the first one got adopted right after she was well enough but the second one is still waiting for her person :-( Madeline is the sweetest most playful little stinker around. How can you say no to this face?
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 18/08/2026
Maryland-based TeraWulf, which wants to build hyperscale data center projects at both ends of Kentucky, told the Beshear administration in a filing that it would meet their requirements to limit impacts on the environment and ratepayer utility bills. From @tatecurtis.bsky.social @weku.bsky.social
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Developer says KY data center with Anthropic ties meets new limits on environmental, energy impact
The company says the project it is building in Hancock County will not increase electric bills.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 17/08/2026
My latest on bipartisan data center opposition in Kentucky. 6-minute audio clip on there if you wanna listen.
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 14/08/2026
Produced by a company in none other than Lexington, Ky
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