Liam Niemeyer
ReporterLiam covers government and policy in Kentucky and its impacts throughout the Commonwealth for the Kentucky Lantern. He most recently spent four years reporting award-winning stories for WKMS Public Radio in Murray.
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Bill passed by both Kentucky chambers gives litigants a ‘roll of the dice’ to get out of ‘an unfavorable venue,’ says sponsor Sen. Jason Howell.
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Republicans in the Kentucky Senate, in passing a bill Wednesday to reorganize the board for Kentucky’s public television broadcaster, also used the opportunity to tee up criticism against the state’s Democratic governor.
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Republican lawmakers want more oversight of disaster relief funds following a report that checks from donations had been sent to people unaffected by the December 2021 tornado outbreak.
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After the tornado outbreak, more than $52 million in donations poured into the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund from all over the country. The money has been disbursed in several ways, including paying for funeral expenses, new housing and $1,000 checks to survivors. But some survivors are still trying to figure out where the rest of the money has gone.
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A Western Kentucky prosecutor has decided to resign instead of facing a state legislature-led impeachment committee that recently convened.
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Information will help determine how much federal funding comes to Kentucky for broadband expansion
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Once a destination because of its mineral waters, this town has remade itself before. This time residents wonder where people will work.
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Waiting for housing almost a year after tornado laid waste to Mayfield