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Visas revoked by the Trump administration for international graduate students at the University of Kentucky and recent i...
04/25/2025

Visas revoked by the Trump administration for international graduate students at the University of Kentucky and recent international graduates from the University of Louisville have been restored.

Visas revoked by the Trump administration for international students and graduates at Kentucky universities have been restored.

After news that Louisville’s air just received a failing grade for its high rates of particle and ozone pollution, a Uof...
04/25/2025

After news that Louisville’s air just received a failing grade for its high rates of particle and ozone pollution, a UofL Health researcher says the news is not surprising and steps can be taken to protect people’s health.

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After news that Louisville failed a national ranking for high rates of particle and ozone pollution, a UofL researcher says it’s not surprising.

In front of a crowd that included the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, state lawmakers discussed the ample oppo...
04/25/2025

In front of a crowd that included the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, state lawmakers discussed the ample opportunities to use artificial intelligence in Kentucky — particularly in areas of workforce development.

Kentucky lawmakers discussed in a panel the ample opportunities to use artificial intelligence in areas like workforce development.

For all his serious work, Bethell never lost his great sense of humor, sharp wit, and zest for life. “He traveled across...
04/24/2025

For all his serious work, Bethell never lost his great sense of humor, sharp wit, and zest for life. “He traveled across the mountains in a succession of small fast cars that he drove at high speed, often challenging coal trucks on narrow, potted roads,” Clark said. “He loved classical and rock music and had an ability to make up and sing songs at full volume while rocking at high speed.”
Via The Mountain Eagle

Tom Bethell, dead at 86, dedicated his extraordinary journalistic and analytic skills to demand justice for coal miners and Appalachia.

Louisvillians spend more than a week every year breathing unhealthy air, according to new data from the American Lung As...
04/23/2025

Louisvillians spend more than a week every year breathing unhealthy air, according to new data from the American Lung Association.

The 2025 “State of the Air” report shows that about 125 million Americans live in counties, like Kentucky's largest, that have a failing grade for ozone pollution, also known as smog.

Louisvillians spend more than a week every year breathing unhealthy air, according to new data from the American Lung Association.

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian law firm that represented Josephson in his lawsuit against th...
04/22/2025

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian law firm that represented Josephson in his lawsuit against the university, said UofL agreed to pay almost $1.6 million in “damages and attorneys’ fees.”

University of Louisville settles lawsuit with former professor who says he was punished for his comments about gender dysphoria.

The recent filings even raise questions about Jonah Bevin’s age — whether he is 18, as he had believed, or just 17 — bec...
04/22/2025

The recent filings even raise questions about Jonah Bevin’s age — whether he is 18, as he had believed, or just 17 — because of a conflict in records that recently came to light.

Lawyers for Jonah Bevin and his adoptive parents, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin and Glenna Bevin, debate whether Jonah can intervene in Bevins' divorce.

Commentary by Suzanne Barker GriffithKentucky teachers took an undeserved financial hit from the Kentucky legislature du...
04/22/2025

Commentary by Suzanne Barker Griffith

Kentucky teachers took an undeserved financial hit from the Kentucky legislature during the 2025 session.

The Kentucky legislature in 2025 reneged on a promise it made to teachers in 2010, hurting educators' financially and making retaining teachers harder.

Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwine — the first Black woman elected to the high court — was officially sworn ...
04/19/2025

Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwine — the first Black woman elected to the high court — was officially sworn into office Friday to cheering and clapping in the packed Frankfort chamber and the two overflow rooms.

Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwine — the first Black woman elected to the high court — is officially sworn into office.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has signed an agreement with the federal government to have no diversity, equ...
04/17/2025

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has signed an agreement with the federal government to have no diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools

Kentucky Department of Education certifies to Trump administration it's not engaginging in diversity, equity, inclusion.

States with largest share of K-12 budgets funded by federal governmentMississippi 23%South Dakota 22%Alaska 21%Kentucky ...
04/17/2025

States with largest share of K-12 budgets funded by federal government
Mississippi 23%
South Dakota 22%
Alaska 21%
Kentucky 20%
Louisiana 20%
North Carolina 20%
— Fiscal year 2022 data, National Center for Education Statistics

Trump administration's ultimatum on diversity, abrupt cutoff of pandemic aid leave public schools in uncertainty.

Ruhroh.Kentucky’s economy is the nation’s most reliant on global trade, according to a new study that looks at the poten...
04/17/2025

Ruhroh.

Kentucky’s economy is the nation’s most reliant on global trade, according to a new study that looks at the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on housing prices.

Kentucky’s economy is nation’s most reliant on global trade, says new study of Trump tariffs' impact on housing prices.

“We’ve never had an administration come in and interfere in this way with our children’s education,” she said. “My husba...
04/17/2025

“We’ve never had an administration come in and interfere in this way with our children’s education,” she said. “My husband fights for our constitutional rights and our freedoms in this country, and to see those rights being taken away from my children was just absolutely something that I could not abide.”

Jessica Henninger is suing Trump administration to protect her children from the politics that briefly closed their school library at Fort Campbell.

During her investiture as Kentucky’s first female chief justice, Debra Lambert said her experience growing up in Eastern...
04/16/2025

During her investiture as Kentucky’s first female chief justice, Debra Lambert said her experience growing up in Eastern Kentucky shaped the path she’s taken in life. And she had a piece of coal company scrip tucked in her shoe for good luck.

During her investiture as Kentucky’s first female chief justice, Debra Lambert said her experience growing up in Eastern Kentucky shaped her life's path.

Saying that fossil fuels’ role in causing climate change is “subject to debate,” Republican Senate President Robert Stiv...
04/16/2025

Saying that fossil fuels’ role in causing climate change is “subject to debate,” Republican Senate President Robert Stivers touted President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders aimed at boosting the coal industry as a “step in the right direction”

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers praises President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the coal industry, call's coal role in climate change debatable.

ACLU files suit in federal court in Virginia alleging “system-wide censorship” that violates students' First Amendment r...
04/16/2025

ACLU files suit in federal court in Virginia alleging “system-wide censorship” that violates students' First Amendment right to information in schools run by Department of Defense on military bases.

Students sue Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth alleging First Amendment violations after books are removed from libraries at Defense Department schools.

Governing boards of Kentucky public universities and colleges have until June 30 to enact policies to meet requirements ...
04/15/2025

Governing boards of Kentucky public universities and colleges have until June 30 to enact policies to meet requirements of new state ban on diversity, equity, inclusion on campuses.
One college student says university administrations can’t "support their marginalized students" without DEI programs.

After a Kentucky law eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education passed, universities are reviewing how to follow it.

Commentary by Philipp W. Rosemann, holder of the Cottrill-Rolfes Chair in Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky...
04/15/2025

Commentary by Philipp W. Rosemann, holder of the Cottrill-Rolfes Chair in Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky:
"What a terrible, terrible betrayal of the young scholars, scientists, and artists who came to America looking forward to a great education.
"What a betrayal of the ideals of American higher education, renowned worldwide for its high standards, professionalism and academic freedom."

Trump administrations chaos, incompetence betray the ideals of American higher education, renowned worldwide, and cause a loss of faith in the U.S.

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