McKenna Horsley
ReporterMcKenna Horsley covers state politics for the Kentucky Lantern. She previously worked for newspapers in Huntington, West Virginia, and Frankfort, Kentucky. She is from northeastern Kentucky.
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A disagreement over the meaning of “or” in a controversial anti-trans law has ignited the latest conflict between a prominent Republican lawmaker and the Kentucky Department of Education.
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Debates about what’s ‘obscene’ now shift from legislature to school districts
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Kentucky School Boards Association says it will be watching for increased burden, politicization of nonpartisan school board business
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GOP candidates condemn surgeries for minors. Trans people say they’re not happening.
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‘It is not the legislature that is politicizing the state’s classrooms and curriculum,’ says Speaker Pro Tem David Meade.
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The House Local Government Committee on March 3 gave its favor to House Bill 534, which would create qualifications for a digital news publication to be considered a paper of record. If passed, it paves the way for an online news outlet with a print publication to publish public notices daily on its website.
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Uvalde massacre prompted Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council to look at gun violence
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Republican Party of Kentucky is seeking communications about pandemic school closings and remote learning
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Governor declines to go into detail to protect ongoing land acquisition negotiations