Lexington Brief

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Schools 1 outlet · Kentucky Lantern

Commentary: Where you happen to be standing when angels pass by

In a commentary, journalist James Branscome recounts how a Berea College counselor’s advice led him from rural Carroll County, Virginia, to the Kentucky college, where student jobs opened paths into journalism and finance. He says chance encounters and connections shaped his career, including his role in licensing the SPY exchange-traded fund. Branscome connects that experience to Berea’s plan to offer every student a completely free education.

Government 1 outlet · Kentucky Lantern

Sen. Julie Raque Adams gets $620K in outside help from GOP committees

FRANKFORT – Since early last May, Republican outside groups have spent more than $620,000 to help reelect Julie Raque Adams to another term in the Kentucky Senate. That’s nearly twice as much help as any other candidate on the Kentucky ballot this year – Republican or Democrat – has gotten from outside groups, according to […]

Government 1 outlet · Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky Court of Appeals race becoming another partisan judicial battleground

Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Will Moynahan is seeking to retain his central Kentucky seat against Fayette Circuit Judge Lucy VanMeter. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and his super PAC are backing Moynahan, while more than a dozen Republican state lawmakers have contributed to VanMeter. The Kentucky Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee warns that growing partisan involvement and spending threaten the nonpartisan character of judicial elections.

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