Editor’s Notebook: It’s a legitimate question. What is really going on at UK?

By: Linda Blackford

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: May 11, 2026

Words: 715

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Last week, the University of Kentucky ended its first big public-private partnership by severing its contract with Aramark for food services, thus ending employment for about 900 people, who’ve worked there for the past decade.

The story, first broken by TV stations, came from WARN notices, federally required state notices that detail when large layoffs are scheduled. Knowing this, it seemed strange the UK officials had not gotten in front of the story …

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