Ryan Van Velzer
KPR Managing EditorRyan Van Velzer is the Kentucky Public Radio Managing Editor.
Ryan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and has more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has worked for The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press, The South Florida Sun Sentinel and as a travel reporter in Central America and Southeast Asia.
He has won numerous awards including regional Edward R. Murrow awards, Associated Press Broadcasters awards and Society of Professional Journalists Louisville Pro Chapter awards.
Email him at rvanvelzer@lpm.org.
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A joint resolution that passed the House natural resources committee Thursday would direct the state’s environmental authority to defy federal rules for fossil fuel power plants.
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Louisville Public Media’s former energy and environment reporter will lead statewide politics coverage and manage a collaboration of Kentucky public radio stations.
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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over revised air quality standards for soot pollution.
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A new law in Kentucky will allow landlords to deny prospective tenants who use federal housing assistance vouchers to pay rent.
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Twenty-one Kentucky lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to make fluoride optional in the state’s drinking water systems. The legislation overwhelmingly passed a committee vote Thursday.
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Louisville Public Media is suing Louisville Metro Government for failing to produce video records even after Kentucky’s attorney general ruled in favor of the newsroom.
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Kentucky Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman and other elected officials are expressing their support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “right of self defense” at the southern border.
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The local air quality regulator in Louisville would have some of its powers to issue fines to polluting industries curbed under a bill that passed the state House Tuesday.
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A Kentucky GOP House Representative who has worked for a chemical company in Louisville’s Rubbertown is sponsoring legislation that would strip local air pollution regulators of the ability to issue some fines to industries like his own.
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Kentucky State Police evacuated the state Capitol following a threat received by the Secretary of State’s Office early Wednesday.