Three states this year have enacted laws that require or allow schools to use mobile, wearable, wireless or silent panic alarms to quickly summon emergency responders. The new laws in Illinois, Virginia and West…
Kentucky voters have spoken in one of the most anticipated elections of 2026, choosing a design from Bush Elementary school as the next “I Voted” sticker design. More than 3,500 voters, who cast ballots at the Kentucky…
This story was originally reported by Jennifer Gerson of The 19th. Meet Jennifer and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Gloria Steinem, one of the leaders of second-wave feminism and a feminist…
One of my most vivid memories of moving to Silicon Valley in 2007 is walking my dogs through town one Saturday morning and stopping to watch a young couple, early 30s maybe, take delivery of a brand new Lamborghini. It…
Both state lawmakers and representatives of Kentucky’s road paving industry have strong concerns about the lack of road work that state transportation officials are awarding this summer compared to previous years. Last…
Presentation: Downtown Area Master Plan (Presentation, file 0787-26, Agenda Ready, Urban County Council.)
Table of Motions: Council Work Session, August 25, 2026 (Summary, file 0785-26, Agenda Ready, Urban County Council.)
Council Capital Projects, September 8, 2026 (Agenda Item, file 0784-26, Agenda Ready, Urban County Council.)
Summary: General Government and Planning Committee, July 1, 2026 (Summary, file 0786-26, Agenda Ready, Urban County Council.)
The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according…
Accepting and approving the following donations for the following departments and divisions: a. Fire and Emergency Services - accepting a donation from the Knights of Columbus: $21,600 for the initial cost and…
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton visited God's Pantry Food Bank on the first day of September to present a proclamation kicking off Hunger Action Month.
YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST LIST (Agenda Item, file 0781-26, Agenda Ready, Budgeting.)
Budget Amendments (Agenda Item, file 0780-26, Agenda Ready, Budgeting.)
Budget Adjustments - For Information Only (Agenda Item, file 0782-26, Agenda Ready, Budgeting.)
The 2026 Urban County Council Ag Day is in the books! Starting this morning alongside the Mayor, Council Members and their staff got an up-close look at the vital work being done at FoodChain via their first-in-Kentucky…
Lexington has not lost any federal grant funding to date, but the city has experienced a "close call".
Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost access to the…
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department to Spray for Mosquitoes Early Thursday Morning, Sept. 3, in ZIP code 40505Lexington, KY – August 31, 2026 The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department will spray for…
Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears…
This was a pretty loaded poll. One of the "questions" started with "Linda Gorton’s priorities are vanity projects: renovating city hall, including spending thousands of dollars on a new sculpture of balls. That is money…
WASHINGTON — Just over two months from midterm elections and four months removed from a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted Voting Rights Act protections for majority Black U.S. House districts, and 63 years after…
After two years of limbo, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has started implementing a 2024 law to help families who step in to raise a minor relative, known as kinship care families. The Kentucky…
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and other Republican attorneys general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower federal court’s decision that upheld more stringent air pollution limits established…
Authorization to accept additional award of $28,180.00 from Kentucky State Police-Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division. The application was $71,820.00 with a match of $3,780.00 for the continued operation of the…
President Donald Trump may no longer be the silver bullet in Kentucky elections that Republicans once had as voters face pains from an ongoing war in Iran and rising gas and grocery prices.
WASHINGTON — With less than 70 days until midterm elections, Democrats remain favored to regain the majority in the U.S. House. President Donald Trump’s anemic approval ratings amid the war in Iran, concerns over the…
Authorization to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Program Administration Contract (Reso. #039-25) with Bluegrass Area Development District to accept an additional award of $9,444 to include in the Title III B budget for…
Winchester Road Corridor Study (Committee Item, file 0773-26, Agenda Ready, General Government & Planning (GGP) Committee.)
Approval of July 1, 2026 Committee Summary (Committee Item, file 0776-26, Agenda Ready, General Government & Planning (GGP) Committee.)
Authorization to approve Change Order No.1 (final) to the agreement with Lagco, Inc. for the Plainview Trunk Sewer Project, decreasing the final contract price by the sum of $167,839.07 from $1,634,958.00 to…
Drive-Thru Facilities & Drive-Up Windows (Committee Item, file 0774-26, Agenda Ready, General Government & Planning (GGP) Committee.)
Authorization to approve DNA Labs International as a sole source provider for Project Safe Neighborhood grant fund expenses. This vendor specializes in DNA testing and comparison on an efficient schedule as the Kentucky…
Data Center Regulations (Committee Item, file 0775-26, Agenda Ready, General Government & Planning (GGP) Committee.)
Authorization to approve an Ordinance amending Section 16-1(f)(17) of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to revise the definition of “stormwater control device” by removing the term…
Authorization to approve an FY27 (Class A Neighborhood) Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant for Friends of the Parks in Fayette County, Inc. in the amount of $41,590, to improve water quality and reduce…
LOUISVILLE — After more than half a decade of advocacy, supporters of freestanding birth centers celebrated Thursday as a legislative committee approved regulations — essentially, the details — for how the centers will…
Authorization to abolish three (3) unclassified civil service positions of Refuse & Recycling Worker Sr. (Grade 510N) and create three (3) classified civil service positions of Refuse & Recycling Worker Sr. (Grade 510N)…
Authorization to approve an increasing Change Order of $60,000 to the Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant with the Kentucky American Water Company (KAWC), contract #196-2020, bringing the total grant amount to…
Authorization to approve an Easement Acquisition for the Greenbrier 2 Pump Station Replacement Project. Consent Decree RMP No. NE-4 at a cost not to exceed $17,000. Funds are budgeted. (L0763-26)(Sanders/Martin) (Agenda…