Ryland Barton
Managing Editor for Collaboratives, Kentucky Public RadioRyland Barton is the Managing Editor for Collaboratives for Kentucky Public Radio, a group of public radio stations including WKMS, WFPL in Louisville, WEKU in Richmond and WKYU in Bowling Green. A native of Lexington, Ryland most recently served as the Capitol Reporter for Kentucky Public Radio. He has covered politics and state government for NPR member stations KWBU in Waco and KUT in Austin.
Always looking to put a face to big issues, Ryland's reporting has taken him to drought-weary towns in West Texas and relocated communities in rural China. He's covered breaking news like the 2014 shooting at Fort Hood Army Base and the aftermath of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.
Ryland has a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Texas.
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A Democratic legislator said the state’s ongoing labor shortage can be relieved by making it easier for refugees to get jobs and transfer work experience from their home countries. -
Continued enforcement of Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortion now hangs in the balance of the state Supreme Court.
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A court ruled against Democrats’ challenge to new political maps drawn by Kentucky’s Republican-led Legislature on Tuesday.
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Initial results show the party growing their ranks from 75 to 80 seats in the 100-member House of Representatives
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After more than a year of public speculation, former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft launched a campaign Wednesday to be Kentucky’s next governor.
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Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a flood relief package into law, providing about $213 million for eastern Kentucky communities still recovering after the disaster.
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This was the twelfth-straight year the Kentucky Fairness Campaign and other LGBTQ rights groups protested the event, calling out the Farm Bureau for discriminatory policies in its handbook.
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Kentucky lawmakers are gathering in Frankfort to craft a relief package for eastern Kentucky communities impacted by historic flooding late last month.
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Beshear said the governor’s office and the legislature are committed to helping the region recover.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court denied a request for emergency relief to block the state’s abortion bans from going into effect.
