By BRIAN MANN Two years ago, the drug company Insys Therapeutics posted a quarter-billion dollars in annual sales. But the Arizona-based firm’s fortunes plummeted so far that on Monday its leaders declared bankruptcy. It was the latest fall-out from the nation’s prescription opioid epidemic, which has killed more than 200,000 Americans and triggered hundreds…
BY DANIEL DESROCHERS JUNE 10, 2019 01:05 PM, UPDATED JUNE 10, 2019 02:00 PM Tim Longmeyer, a former deputy attorney general under Andy Beshear who pleaded guilty to political bribery charges, has officially become a talking point in the general election for Kentucky governor. The Republican Governors Association launched a television ad Monday criticizing…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM PUBLISHED 6:09 PM ET JUN. 10, 2019 LOUISVILLE, Ky- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, made a stop in Louisville Monday to discuss criminal justice reform. Paul spoke at New Legacy, a non-profit based in lousville that provides housing and vocational education among other things to former felons. While visiting the non-profit, Paul…
By Chris Otts LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The parent company of KentuckyOne Health came within hours last week of canceling its longstanding financial support of the University of Louisville’s medical school in frustration over the lack of a deal to sell Jewish Hospital and other Louisville healthcare properties to the university, according to public…
By Lisa Autry An Owensboro facility is among six Kentucky nursing homes named in a federal report as having poor safety records. A report shared this week with the Senate Special Committee on Aging named 400 nursing homes across the nation with a ‘persistent record of poor care.’ The Courier-Journal reports that the facilities…
By The American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society (ACS) has named Erica Kellem Beasley the executive director for Kentucky. She began her duties March 18. As executive director, her focus is the development and execution of the Kentucky area plan to support the mission of ACS, build a strong area board of directors,…
By Kyeland Jackson A new grant will allow the nonprofit Kentucky Center For Economic Policy to research Kentucky’s rising incarceration rates. The $10,000 grant from the New York-based nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice was announced Tuesday. KCEP Executive Director Jason Bailey said his organization will research and collect data on county jails in Barren, Leslie,…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Kentucky’s lieutenant governor has told the state’s personnel secretary that she intends to defy a decision by Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration to dismiss her deputy chief of staff. In an email, Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton said her ousted aide, Adrienne Southworth, will “continue to assist me as deputy chief.” Southworth will track…
BY LESLEY CLARK AND KEVIN G. HALL JUNE 05, 2019 05:41 PM WASHINGTON A Russian-backed aluminum mill trying to set up shop in Kentucky insists it is outside the scope of any review by a special government panel charged with scrutinizing foreign investment that could cause national security concerns. A statement to McClatchy Wednesday from…
By Billy Kobin, Louisville Courier Journal Six Kentucky nursing homes, including two Louisville facilities, have been named in a U.S. Senate report on nursing homes with a “persistent record of poor care.” Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, a Republican, and Bob Casey, a Democrat, released the names of nearly 400 nursing homes nationwide with poor safety records…
