BY ANNIE ANDERSEN PUBLISHED 8:24 AM ET JUL. 02, 2019 LEXINGTON, Ky.- In May, Senator Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to say, “Today, I am introducing federal legislation to make 21 the new minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product, anywhere in the United States. Let me say that again. A new age,…
By The Lane Report FRANKFORT, Ky. — Insurance carriers have submitted proposed rates to the Department of Insurance (DOI) for Kentucky’s 2020 individual and small group markets. Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky Inc. filed requests for 13 different plans to be offered on the Exchange with a proposed average rate increase of 12%. CareSource Kentucky…
By Bill Estep A former Knox County magistrate illegally sold pain pills during the time he was running for re-election last year, a federal grand jury has charged. The grand jury indicted Jerry “Rabbit” Cox on a total of six charges of illegally distributing hydrocodone or oxycodone in March and April 2018. Cox was…
By Anne Saker In a ruling involving chickenpox at two small Roman Catholic schools in Boone County, the Kentucky Court of Appeals said a trial judge was right to refuse to stop the local health department’s efforts to control the outbreak. A three-judge panel of the appeals court said the state has the authority…
