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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Kentucky State Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Kentucky General Assembly overrides veto, passes anti-transgender legislation

Alexis Baker, Staff Reporter March 29, 2023

The Kentucky General Assembly overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150, which places a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The...

I Voted stickers are laid out for voters on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at a polling place in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

The midterm elections: An overview

Paul Schlowak, Reporter November 14, 2022

Midterm elections took place Tuesday, Nov. 8, during which Americans voted for governors, representatives and senators. The election decided whether Democrats would lose their control in the national House...

Ashley Judd speaks to reporters before the 2020 Hall of Distinguished Alumni ceremony on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Ashley Judd inducted into UK Hall of Distinguished Alumni

Sophia Shoemaker October 6, 2021

University of Kentucky alumna, award-winning actress, humanitarian and advocate Ashley Judd was inducted into the university’s 2020 Hall of Distinguished Alumni on Oct. 1, 2021. Judd is known not only...

Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath, left, and Incumbent Representative Andy Barr are facing off to represent Kentuckys Sixth Congressional District. Photos by Arden Barnes and Jordan Prather | Staff

Big picture: Kentucky’s multimillion dollar House race has clear national implications

October 24, 2018

Like any risky investment, the most expensive House race in Kentucky history has much to gain and much to lose for both sides of the aisle.Multiple media outlets have pinned Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional...

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Sorority house construction will cause temporary lane closures Wednesday

Kernel News Staff October 9, 2018

Between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesday, traffic on Columbia Terrace will be blocked by ongoing construction on the Delta Delta Delta sorority house, according to a UKNOW press release. Columbia Terrace...

Kentuckys General Assembly meets in the Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky. On Monday, April 2, 2018, the legislature discussed the new budget proposal. 

Budget proposal includes language that could reduce tenure protection

News Staff April 2, 2018

Under the Kentucky budget proposal, university leaders may reduce tenured faculty if universities are downsizing due to budget cuts, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader and Courier Journal. Universities...

Memorial Hall. Photo by David LaBelle

Sorority to have new house on campus within 24 months

Bailey Vandiver December 4, 2016

Home is where the heart is, but home is not yet a house for the sisters of Alpha Chi Omega. In the fall of 2015, AXO became the newest of the 14 Panhellenic sororities on UK’s campus. Since then, it...

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