Fayette County Public School officials took one more step toward settling on a budget Thursday. The district is dealing with a $16 million hole it needs to fill — and criticisms from a union representing school employees.
Local News
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The 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Lexington and other communities is being marked by a number of events in the coming days.
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A lawsuit brought by Kentucky students against the General Assembly and the state Education Department is in a holding pattern following a hearing this week.
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Pete Rose was celebrated by the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night, a day after baseball’s career hits leader was posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s permanent ineligibility list.
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Officials with the NWS say showers and thunderstorms are possible by Thursday afternoon, overnight and into Friday.
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Heard on Morning EditionThe country's Democratic governors are sounding the alarm over a Republican plan that they say would leave millions of people withoutaccess to health care.
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Congress is mulling a budget and tax proposal that could result in states picking up more of the tab for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Radio Shows & Music
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Jeremie Albino (So Many Ways To Say I Love You), Emily Barker (Tonight, Tonight), Michael Kiwanuka (The Rest Of Me), Sixpence None The Richer (Julia), Lucinda Williams (While My Guitar Gently Weeps), Beabadoobee (Beaches), & Waxahatchee (Much Ado About Nothing)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Tears For Fears (The Girl That I Call Home), Lights (Damage), Billy Strings (Gild The Lily), Joy Oladokun (I'd Miss The Birds), U2 (Picture Of You (X+W)), Yola (Future Enemies), & The Cure (Alone)!
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WUKY Guest DJ Chris Cunningham brings in a batch of recordings from the Golden Age of Rock and some newer Retro-Rockabilly artists and bands.
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Illiterate Light (Pay Phone), Matt Pond Pa (Those Wings), Suzanne Vega (Rats), Fantastic Cat (So Glad You Made It), Bon Iver (Spey Side), Trampled By Turtles Featuring LeAnn Rimes (Out Of Time), & Billie Eilish (Birds Of A Feather)!
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This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from David Gray Featuring Talia Gray (Plus & Minus), Aaron Frazer (Into The Blue), Imogen Clark (All Hard Feelings), Nilüfer Yanya (Mutations), Green Day (Bobby Sox), Kim Deal (Crystal Breath), & Amos Lee (Beautiful Day)!
Podcasts
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PodcastsUniversity of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center expert Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D., recently contributed to a critical national discussion on sustaining and supporting the cancer workforce. As he explains in this week's Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine, Vanderford, an associate professor in the UK College of Medicine’s Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, director of Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology Program and assistant director of Markey’s Pathway Programs and Student Success, addressed challenges faced by early-career researchers, issues of diversity in cancer research training and opportunities for supporting researchers’ career paths.
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PodcastsIn the fifth episode of Writing Lessons, Silas House has a conversation with New York Times bestselling writer Gwenda Bond about plot and much more.
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PodcastsThis week on Voting Matters Liza and Alan conduct an in-studio panel discussion on ensuring legal immigrants cast their ballots in the upcoming election. We talk with Emily Jones of the group New Americans Initiative, Isobel Taylor with Global Lex and Basel Touchan; a new American citizen who emigrated from Syria.
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PodcastsBelle Townsend (she/they) is a poet, advocate, political organizer, researcher, baker, and multi-media artist from rural Henderson, Kentucky. Now living in Louisville, KY, Belle uses poetry to make personal experiences accessible and relatable, offering comfort and connection to a broad audience. Her work is especially geared toward those with short attention spans, limited reading capacity, or no academic background, ensuring their stories are both digestible and meaningful.
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