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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Mental health disorders and substance use issues are emerging risk factors that lead to maternal deaths in Kentucky. -
Ky. lawmakers have returned for the remainder of the 2023 legislative session. Bills to watch include anti-trans proposals and gun related measures.
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Gov. Andy Beshear and legislators have pushed for reforms amid violence at juvenile detention facilities across the state. But there's still no focus on mental health.
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Kentucky’s juvenile justice system has been plagued with assaults, escapes and riots in recent years. Divya Karthikeyan spoke to state officials on how they would deal with the crisis.
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A work group of Republican lawmakers called for Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to overhaul leadership of the state’s troubled youth prison system.
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As a new member of the Berea Independent School Board, Rebecca Blankenship has made history as the first openly transgender person elected to public office in Kentucky.
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Most city council and school board elections are nonpartisan in Kentucky. But a bill filed in the state legislature this year would change that.
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The ACLU of Kentucky unveiled their 2023 legislative priorities including discrimination protections and voting rights for people with certain felony convictions.
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Gov. Andy Beshear announced a slate of juvenile justice measures that will include pay raises to attract and retain more workers.
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Ky. Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced an initiative to mobilize landlords and communities to identify massage businesses as sources of human trafficking.
