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Appalachian Voices
Retired miners, their families and policy groups are lobbying Congress to uphold worker protections and pass legislation that updates black lung disability programs.
The Commonwealth
Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom
Lexington/Richmond
Off the Beaten Path with Sam Dick
Eastern Standard
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Shutterstock/ShutterstockKentucky has hundreds of nursing homes caring for some of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable residents. Questions have persisted about staffing, inspections, neglect and whether government oversight is adequate to protect the people living in them. -
Shutterstock/ShutterstockEpisode 32 of our series, Democracy Optimist, takes the temperature of a challenged American democracy with only weeks to go before a highly consequential midterm election.
Kentucky Arts & Culture
Today's Interview
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ProvidedWEKU Arts Contributor Kate Savage speaks with Luigart Studios founders Michael Satterly and Marco Logsdon. -
John McGary/WEKUWEKU's Shepherd Snyder speaks with CivicLex reporter Aaron Mudd about top issues in front of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.
Regional News
NPR News
Weather Data Source: Lexington 30 days weather
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