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This week on Eastern Standard 

The childcare crisis for working parents and their employers (Image: Shutterstock)

  • Part Two of a financial crisis for the vital service of childcare looms as a second “fiscal cliff”, a legacy of emergency pandemic aid, approaches. Kentucky Youth Advocates’ Sarah Vanover, a living encyclopedia on the subject, discusses Senate Bill 203, “The Horizon Act,” a proposal for a major state response sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll (R-Benton).
  • Brigitte Blom looks into a strategy to recover from the learning loss that occurred during the pandemic. Her guest: Dr. Donny Hale, regional deputy director at the Institute for Educational Leadership, a proponent of the “Community Schools” concept.
  • Tom Eblen spends time in conversation with author Fenton Johnson, among the 2024 inductees into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. Johnson observes that for all its rich natural beauty and hospitality of its people, Kentucky has a penchant for shooting itself in the foot. He offers an explanation.
  • Lee Carroll shares details on the next Green Room Exchange concert featuring a return performance by Grammy-winning Argentine jazz pianist Leo Genovese. Here as a soloist for his Lexington debut, Genovese is returning on March 17 with a trio, performing on the handbuilt 9-foot Falcone grand piano in Transylvania's Carrick Theater. 

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Coal train along river in Perry County, Kentucky (Image by Chris Begley)

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