Covington mayor tells lawmakers Kentucky cities need more revenue options

Covington Mayor Joe Meyer spoke to Kentucky legislators about the effect of work-from-home labor policies on city finances at a Kentucky House Budget Review Subcommittee meeting last week. He asked the committee members to consider changes to local tax policies that would allow cities to become less reliant on occupational license fees, often referred to…

UK researchers’ new study focuses on preventing deaths of pregnant women

Excerpted from The Lane Report LEXINGTON, Ky. — A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to reduce the number of deaths and injuries among pregnant and postpartum women through an online training program for UK students in helping professions across nine UK colleges. “Kentucky’s maternal mortality rates are the second highest in…

Number of incarcerated kids declines in Kentucky, but advocates say still more alternatives are needed

By Shanteya Hudson Public News Service The number of children behind bars in Kentucky has declined significantly in recent years, but their advocates said more work could be done to create effective alternatives to incarceration. The one-day count of detained youths in 2021 was nearly 25,000 nationwide, which is a 60% decrease over the past decade, according…

Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet representatives address Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary

WEKU | By Stan Ingold State lawmakers heard from representatives from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet on Wednesday. They were discussing substance use treatment programs with the Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary. Van Ingram is the director of the office drug control policy. He said his budget included a general fund of…

‘Everybody knew about it’: Internal documents expose warnings at youth detention facility

WYMT | Natalia Martinez ADAIR COUNTY, Ky. (WAVE) – From a corrections officer admitting to kissing an underage girl in one state facility, to kids punished with pepper spray in another. Those are some of the incidents described in internal reports from Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice obtained through open record requests. “It’s truly been…