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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard Jan. 11, 2024

By Tom Martin

Published January 11, 2024 at 10:55 AM EST

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This week on Eastern Standard: A steady decline in state funding for higher education has consequences. We hear about them from economist Dustin Pugel and UofL History Professor Elise Franklin, a member of United Campus Workers of Kentucky. Senate President Robert Stivers reacts to a negative report on prospects for a new public university in southeast Kentucky. Lexington steps up its Ag-Tech game. And we hear of efforts to tweak the state’s new medical cannabis law.

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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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