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An interview with Aviation Museum of Kentucky board chairman Jim McCormick about a program to introduce young women to the aviation and aerospace industries

With just days remaining in the current legislative session, a bill to update Kentucky’s Religious Freedom Act emerged from committee.

The biomarker bill has now won passage in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. The House bill garnered overwhelming support in the Senate Monday.

The University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center will host a free, public meeting Thursday night about government officials’ efforts to hide their work from the public.

One Lexington was formed in 2017 to coordinate city activities addressing violent crime, especially among young adults. Tuesday, Mayor Linda Gorton announced the winners of its inaugural round of grants.

With former President Jimmy Carter at home in hospice care, many of the people he touched over his 98 years are remembering his service to others.

The day after dozens of drag performers and supporters petitioned the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council for support, the state Senate passed a bill they were protesting.

Ashland, the Lexington estate of Henry Clay, lost 15 trees during the March 3 storms. Jim Clark is the executive director of The Henry Clay Memorial Foundation. He said the landscape has been transformed.

Legislation to ban so-called “gray machines” throughout Kentucky easily passed out of committee Tuesday. The House bill now goes to the full Senate.

Eastern Kentucky communities working to recover from last summer’s flooding will benefit from almost $300 million in federal funding. That word came from Senator Mitch McConnell’s office on Monday. The money comes from the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development and will be administered through the state.

An election reform bill continues to move through the Kentucky legislature. Proponents describe the measure as modifications to election law.