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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard for Sept. 29, 2022

By Tom Martin

Published September 29, 2022 at 10:57 AM EDT

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Will a flood of records requests gum up the works on Election Day?

Efforts to inundate local elections officials with records requests only weeks before we go to the polls: we ask the state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Michael Adams, what’s going on? | Episode 2 of our election-season series defining the jobs of local offices on the Nov. 8 ballot. | How the region’s largest school district is faring as pandemic effects linger: education contributor Brigitte Blom speaks with Fayette County Schools Superintendent Demetrus Liggins. | Details of a trio of upcoming events: the 100th anniversary of Lexington’s historic Kentucky Theater; Tree Week in Lexington and other communities in the region; the 49th annual Celebration of Traditional Music at Berea College.

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Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.

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