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Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to a crowd of students on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, outside the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo Samuel Colmar | Staff

Gov. Andy Beshear sues federal government over revoked COVID-19 health funds

Abigail Wright, Reporter April 1, 2025

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined 22 other states in filing a lawsuit against the federal government over its decision to cut public health funds. According to a lawsuit filed Tuesday, March 25 in Rhode...

Circuit Judge Thomas Travis listens to the Kentucky Kernel’s attorney Mike Abate during a hearing for the lawsuit between The Kernel Press Inc. and the University of Kentucky on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Robert F. Stephens Circuit Courthouse Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Kernel lawsuit to be ruled on within 30 days

Casey Sebastiano, Managing Editor March 25, 2025

A Fayette Circuit Judge heard arguments on March 25 from the Kentucky Kernel and the University of Kentucky on their motions regarding an open records lawsuit. UK denied an open records request filed...

Kernel sues UK over withheld records

Kernel sues UK over withheld records

Casey Sebastiano, Managing Editor November 25, 2024

The Kentucky Kernel filed a lawsuit against the University of Kentucky after it did not provide requested records concerning the case of the alleged rape and strangulation of a UK student in an on-campus...

Ann Rice O'Hanlon's mural inside Memorial Hall on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Joel Repoley | Staff 

Judge dismisses Memorial Hall lawsuit but says mural must stay

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter April 30, 2024

Poet Wendell Berry and his wife’s lawsuit against the University of Kentucky’s plans for the removal of a controversial mural in Memorial Hall was dismissed, but the judge said the mural cannot be...

Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. listens to UK's lawyer during oral arguments heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court in UK's lawsuit against the Kernel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at the Kentucky Supreme Court in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Details of the James Harwood investigation and records battle

Emily Girard August 26, 2021

James Harwood, at the time an associate professor of entomology at UK, resigned from his position in February 2016 after being accused of sexual harassment. The terms of his resignation agreement stated...

KERNEL EDITORIAL SIG

This battle is (kind of) over. It shouldn’t have had to be fought.

Kernel Editorial Board March 30, 2021

Five years. Six editors. Thousands of dollars in court fees and lawyer payments.The University of Kentucky’s lawsuit against the Kentucky Kernel has had a heavy toll. But in the end, the ruling was simple:...

Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. listens to UK's lawyer during oral arguments heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court in UK's lawsuit against the Kernel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at the Kentucky Supreme Court in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Kentucky Supreme Court rules in favor of Kernel in lawsuit from UK

Natalie Parks March 25, 2021

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Kentucky Kernel in an open records lawsuit from the University of Kentucky, upholding the ruling from Kentucky's Court of Appeals and ending a five-year...

Mural in Memorial Hall on the campus of the University of Kentucky on Friday, March 31, 2017. Photo by Adam Sherberg | Archive 

Mural still standing months after promise to remove

Haley Simpkins February 8, 2021

UK has not started the physical removal process of the controversial Memorial Hall mural.Following the killing of George Floyd and racial injustice protests in mid-2020, President Capilouto announced the...

Journalism professor Buck Ryan before a College of Communication and Information meeting with President Eli Capilouto on Friday, September 21, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Court of Appeals rules against professor, in favor of UK party in due process case

Natalie Parks November 5, 2020

According to an opinion published by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the complaint of tenured professor Buck Ryan has been dismissed and the court affirmed the district court's...

Date set for Supreme Court hearing of UK, Kernel lawsuit

Date set for Supreme Court hearing of UK, Kernel lawsuit

Sarah Michels September 3, 2020

After a four-year legal battle, lawsuit between UK and the Kentucky Kernel will be heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court. The lawsuit, Kernel Press v. University of Kentucky, was originally filed against...

University of Kentucky students walk into the student center on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Is UK liable if students contract COVID-19?

Lauren Campbell August 19, 2020

As of Aug. 18, 301 UK students had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Lexington Fayette County Health Department. Students were tested on their return to campus, since many students were arriving...

Journalism professor Buck Ryan before a College of Communication and Information meeting with President Eli Capilouto on Friday, September 21, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Communications of UK students requested in suit of tenured professor

Sarah Michels April 22, 2020

Journalism professor Leland “Buck” Ryan has requested the disclosure of communications between him and at least seven former students as part of his second lawsuit against the University of Kentucky,...

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