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The outside of Kenwick Table, a coffee shop in Lexington's Kenwick neighborhood, on Aug. 20, 2026.
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Lexington/Richmond
Neighborhood festival will bring Lexington musicians to play front porches
Shepherd Snyder
Thirty-six porches and 80 musicians are signed up for Saturday's Kenwick Porch Fest.
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    Eastern Standard: August 20th, 2026
    Tom Martin
    We look into the value of the Head Start program and how a White House plan to deregulate the program would affect Kentucky children and families.
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    Eastern Standard: August 13th, 2026
    Tom Martin
    Episode 31 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting rights research professor Joshua A. Douglas.
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