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Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom Managing Editor - a collaboration of 7 NPR stations in Ky., W. Va. and Tenn. Mass shooting survivor.

Louisville, KY
Joined January 2010
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Some news: I'm Kentucky Public Radio's new managing editor. I’m excited to edit a talented statewide politics team and manage a collaboration of public radio stations that reaches all 120 Kentucky counties.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear told South Carolina Democrats this week that he knows the recipe for winning in the South.
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Gov. Andy Beshear pitches his vision for Democrats in tour across South Carolina
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Folks are loving this story about native bees from @sylviaruthg.lpm.org. What are your favorite stories from NPR member stations?
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RT @WFPLNews: Kentucky’s public broadcasting stations are set to lose millions of dollars in potential annual funding after Congress passed….
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The lost funding will damage some of Kentucky's larger stations and could devastate smaller stations, especially in rural areas where residents rely on them for emergency weather alerts, in addition to programming.
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Kentucky public media stations to lose millions after Congressional rescission vote
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RT @NPRinskeep: The great @ErinBurnett had me on @CNN to talk about NPR. One of the revelations: many of the lawmakers who claim NPR is b….
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Trump is pushing Republicans to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, but Congressman Thomas Massie wants a vote to force his administration to release more information.
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The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves says they’ve already found hundreds of wild bee species midway through a multi-year project to inventory and protect the pollinators native to the state.
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Jewish Louisvillian allowed to sue over Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban
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New tool lets Louisville residents call St. John Center, not police, to help homeless
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Kentucky joins states suing Trump administration over frozen education funds
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ACLU sues over new law banning gender-affirming care for incarcerated Kentuckians
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RT @_AustinHorn: Lexington airport/church shooter had a domestic violence hearing scheduled for today & a long criminal history, court reco….
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LG&E and KU are seeking permission to build out $3.7 billion of power plants, largely due to its forecasted rise in data center energy demand. Critics say that demand is speculative and ratepayers could end up holding the bag.
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RT @WFPLNews: Louisville police cleared the Kentucky Exposition Center and Kentucky Kingdom Sunday following reports of an “active aggresso….
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RT @GovAndyBeshear: Kentucky, we are aware of a series of incidents in Lexington around one suspect, including a trooper-involved shooting….
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Appalshop short film details efforts to preserve archives nearly three years after historic floods
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Kentucky AG urges end of in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
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Reporting team cut after Indiana lawmakers zero out public media funding
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