By OLIVIA KRAUTH The Kentucky Department of Education wants to attract more diverse teachers into the field with a new renewable loan forgiveness program. Kentucky residents enrolled in one of the state public universities’ education programs beginning this semester are eligible to apply, department and higher education officials said in a Thursday afternoon announcement. A $1…
by Mandy McLaren, Louisville Courier Journal Less than a month on the job with Jefferson County Public Schools, Jasmine Puckett has already tackled student hunger, hygiene and safety. She’s helped a family at Chenoweth Elementary School secure enough food to make it through a difficult weekend. She’s worked with girls at Dunn Elementary to make sense…
By RYLAND BARTON Lawyers representing two former legislative staffers have asked an appeals court to prevent lawmakers accused of harassment from intervening in their whistleblower lawsuits. Attorney Shane Sidebottom asked the Kentucky Court of Appeals in a motion filed Wednesday to vacate a decision allowing Republican Reps. Jeff Hoover, Michael Meredith and Jim DeCesare to intervene in the…
