Jasmine Demers
Investigative ReporterJasmine Demers works on LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team covering youth and social services. She is a corps member with Report For America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.
Jasmine worked previously for the Arizona Daily Star. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Arizona School of Journalism, where she was editor-in-chief of the student-run Daily Wildcat.
Email Jasmine at jdemers@lpm.org.
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Dozens of residents and community leaders gathered Tuesday evening to voice concerns and share their ideas for how to reduce violence in Louisville. -
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Lily Burris is the newest addition to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team. As a Report for America Corps member, she’ll cover issues related to wealth and poverty in Kentucky.
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At least 16% of Kentucky children ages 3 to 17 have depression or anxiety, the sixth highest rate in the nation, according to a recent report.
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Kentucky has made some progress. But advocates say lawmakers could do more to help young people – and that they’ve sometimes made matters.
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Several businesses and groups have set up supply drives and will deliver to eastern Kentucky communities over the next several days and weeks.
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The department lacks clear guidelines for serving arrest warrants in public settings, according to a KyCIR review.
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The department lacks clear guidelines for serving arrest warrants in public settings, according to a KyCIR review.
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A conservative dark money group is influencing public welfare laws in Kentucky, and advocates say it could have a detrimental impact on access to benefits for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
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Despite years of urging by child welfare experts, and even though Kentucky has some of the highest rates of child maltreatment and opioid abuse in the nation, family recovery courts are still not widely available throughout the state
