by Chris Attorneys general in 24 states, including Kentucky and Illinois, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to express their opposition over a proposed rule change to the food stamp program. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul are among the coalition of Democratic AGs that filed the…
By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration hired a physician to lead the state’s infectious disease office just months after the Department of Veterans Affairs dismissed that doctor for “egregious” medical misconduct. Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services hired Dr. John “Mel” Bennett in the same month that the VA’s Inspector General published…
By WYMT News Staff | FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP/WKYT) – The Kentucky Senate’s top leader says he will introduce a measure calling for an investigation into the state’s $24 million settlement with the makers of the prescription painkiller OxyContin. Stivers says Kentucky was “shortchanged” in the Purdue Pharma settlement. Former Attorney General Jack Conway settled the case in late…
