BY ASHLEIGH MILLS KENTUCKY LEXINGTON, Ky. – For people who do not have dental insurance, or for those that live in rural areas of the Commonwealth, it can be difficult to get dental care. To help people get dental care for their kids, the University of Kentucky’s College of Dentistry holds The Saturday Morning Clinic to treat…
By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource At a town hall event in Logan, Ohio, Kelly Taulbee walks through the steps of an encounter with someone experiencing an opioid overdose. She’s training a group to use NARCAN, the opioid reversal medication. She pulled out the small applicator and demonstrated how easy it is to spray the medication in…
John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Not all opioid lawsuit settlement funds go to intervention, treatment and long-term recovery programs. USA TODAY A key drug maker and multiple distributors facing a historic opioid lawsuit reached a landmark settlement Monday with two Ohio counties suing makers and distributors of the highly addictive painkillers. The tentative settlement came hours before…
By KARYN CZAR | WUKY.org More than 3 million Kentuckians have the opportunity to enroll in or make changes to their Medicare coverage or employer-sponsored health plan during the next couple of months. Medicare open enrollment begins now and ends on Dec. 7. Paul Brophy, chief operating officer for UnitedHealthcare Kentucky, says enrollment season can vary for employer-sponsored…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM | KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky’s foster care system is improving but there is still a lot of work to be done. That was the message members of the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee heard Tuesday. The Department for Community Based Services and private foster care and service agency Necco testified in…
BY JASON HANCOCK | THE KANSAS CITY STAR JEFFERSON CITY When Eric Greitens resigned from office a little more than a year ago, he still faced a litany of accusations that his campaign and dark money nonprofit had engaged in illegal activity. The Republican lawmaker who led the Greitens impeachment investigation went so far as…
By LIAM NIEMEYER Whitney Westerfield on stage at Fancy Farm this August. CREDIT MATT MARKGRAF / WKMS The crowd at the annual Fancy Farm picnic in August hurled insults and boos for hours at candidates for statewide office this fall. All the races were partisan — with a Republican and Democratic candidate — except for one…
NORTHERN KENTUCKY TRIBUNE | nkytribune.com In Kentucky, 93,600 young people ages 10 to 17 have obesity, according to new data included in the State of Childhood Obesity by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The obesity rate in Kentucky for this age group, 20.8 percent, has held steady in recent years and ranks as the third-highest in the…
BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF KENTUCKY KENTUCKY – A new poll shows that Republican Governor Matt Bevin is in a dead heat with Democratic challenger Andy Beshear. According to the just-released Mason Dixon Poll, 46% of the people polled said they would vote for Bevin, 46% said they would vote for Beshear, and 1% said they would vote for…
BY KEVIN WHEATLEY Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Kentucky Education Association’s political action committee has given another six-figure contribution to a Democratic super PAC supporting Attorney General Andy Beshear’s bid to unseat Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. Kentucky Family Values received $100,000 from the Kentucky Educators PAC on Sept. 18, according to…
