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Eastern Standard

WEKU's weekly public affairs program discussing topics and concerns of Central and Eastern Kentucky, hosted by Tom Martin

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  • Some of the most troubled children in the Kentucky foster care system are being housed in state office buildings.
  • It’s early 2025, but plans are already underway for the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election.
  • Her memoir, Composed, has been described by the Chicago Tribune as “one of the best accounts of an American life you'll likely ever read.” Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny, star in her own right, survivor of brain surgery, on tour and coming to Kentucky.
  • As Lexington begins celebrating its 250th anniversary, the story of one of its early movers and shakers: Benjamin Gratz.
  • The Kentucky realities and consequences of President Trump’s deportation plan. Students sue the state alleging violation of the educational guarantees of the Kentucky Constitution. And what the data tells us about teacher pay in Kentucky.
  • When state inspections of nursing homes fall behind, residents suffer. We get the details from John Cheves, Government Accountability Reporter at the Lexington Herald-Leader.
  • As one portion of the nation celebrates the inauguration of Donald Trump for a second term in the Oval Office on January 20th, another segment of American society will honor the birth of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
  • Guest: Eddie Mensore, Director of “HAZARD," starring Alex Roe and Sosie Bacon.
  • Guest: Eddie Mensore, Director of “HAZARD," starring Alex Roe and Sosie Bacon Guest: Stuart Horodner, Director, UK Art Museum.
  • Eastern Standard for January 2nd, 2025
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