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Jack talks to Jamey Clark from Synergy Home about carbon monoxide detectors

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Kruser takes calls and texts on topics of the show as well as how NIL is increasing costs to schools expected to pay athletes to play on their teams.  

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Kruser unpacks some of the circumstances and policy proposed surrounding the most recent news surrounding kratom centers on a sharp rise in U.S. addiction cases. A major law enforcement warnings follow the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. In the second half of hour two, Lex18 Chief Meteorologist, Bill Meck for a review of current topics on social media and an update of the 3 day weather forecast.

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Kruser parses out whether or not president Trump should halt all diesel exports from the United States. The Whitehouse welcomes China's President Xi as Trump and he plan a summit tariff levels, technology export controls, and rare earth mineral access all sitting unresolved since the Busan trade truce.

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Jack has his monthly with the Commissioner of Public Safety Ken Armstrong and introduces Charlie Martin, the acting Commissioner of Environmental Quality and Public Works. They discuss the challenge weather presented over the last couple of years to maintaining the city's infrastructure and equipment.   

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Jack talks to Kevin Stinnet, owner of The Lane Report, reporting on the businesses and business activities of Central Kentucky Businesses and Charities. 

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Kruser speaks with Lexington Vice Mayor Dan Wu about his reelection campaign for the 2026 Urban County Council At-Large race and his involvement in a high-profile local agricultural solar zoning dispute. 

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Kruser gives us a peek into the current state of job-hunting decorum. We also get a story on how some cities and counties are relying on data centers for the bulk of their tax base. Stephanie Spires is running for council and gives her insight and opinion on the instillation of data centers. 

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Stephanie Spires is the executive director of Arbor Youth Services in Lexington; she has also served on the Fayette County school board representing the 4th district. She talks to Kruser on her platform for running as a nonpartisan candidate for an at-large seat on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) City Council.

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In hour two, Kruser talks to one of the candidates for city council, Vice Mayor Dan Wu. 

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