Divya Karthikeyan
Capitol ReporterDivya Karthikeyan is the Capitol Reporter at Kentucky Public Radio, a collaborative of stations including LPM, WEKU, WKYU and WKMS. Originally from Chennai, India, she’s reported for national and international outlets on politics, climate change, gender and caste inequality in India. She started out in the US as a graduate student at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and interned at The New Republic and Gotham Gazette.
Email Divya at dkarthikeyan@lpm.org.
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A bill legalizing medical cannabis has been assigned to a committee in the Kentucky Senate. Advocates say it marks a small step forward after years of stalling. -
Gov. Beshear has declared a state of emergency in Kentucky due to severe weather and urged people to stay off the roads.
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The measure makes it easier for parents to challenge books, programs and instructional materials they deem obscene.
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Rape and incest would be exceptions to abortion laws in a Republican-led bill. A Kentucky lawmaker filed a bill adding those exceptions to the state’s abortion bans up to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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A Kentucky bill that would prohibit local and state officers from cooperating with federal agencies to enforce federal gun laws in the state passed the House today.
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Kentucky lawmakers are advancing a bill to provide more resources for pregnant people with depression.
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The Ky. Supreme Court ruled the state's near-total ban on abortion will remain in place while a lawsuit plays out. UoL law professor Sam Marcosson talks about what’s lies ahead.
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A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky wants to charge people with murder for getting an abortion. Even some GOP officials think the proposal goes too far.
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Kentucky officials are asking lawmakers for money to boost staffing and ramp up security at juvenile justice facilities around the state.
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Kentucky election officials plan to remove 127,000 people from the state’s voter rolls as part of a multi-year long effort to clean up unqualified voters.
