The Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services is reaching out to providers, stakeholders, Medicaid members, and representatives from the advocacy community to raise awareness of an important issue. As the Medicaid renewals process gets underway, DMS is reminding the public to be aware of telemarketers reaching out to sell short-term health insurance products that are not…
WKMS In the years it takes Kentucky bourbon to mature in new oak barrels, producers face two certainties: They lose a portion of the aging whiskey to evaporation and pay a tax on the containers. Now they’re going to get relief from one of them. Kentucky’s legislature this year voted to completely phase out the property tax…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Gov. Andy Beshear has signed nine pieces of legislation passed by the 2023 General Assembly into law that increase public safety by supporting law enforcement and better protecting victims of violent crimes and children while at school. KSP resources for body cameras House Bill 401, sponsored by Rep. David Hale, R-Wellington,…
By Buddy Forbes PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) -The City of Prestonsburg established its new ambulance service in November and has already seen its usefulness in the community. With more than 530 calls answered, Stapleton said response time has improved and the department is making strides with its new services. “It’s been a success so far,” said Mayor…
WEKU | By John McGary Republican State Senator Steve West has accused Gov. Andy Beshear of playing politics by vetoing a bill that would end his expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits. Beshear vetoed Senate Bill 65 last week and blasted the GOP for passing it, saying it would hurt more than 900 thousand…
BY ERIN KELLY KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A nearly yearlong investigation into the Louisville jail shows that since November 2021, five of the 13 people in custody who died were killed by a drug overdose, only two fewer overdose deaths than were reported at the jail during the 15-year period between 2005 and 2020. What You Need To Know…
By Samantha Valentino LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A new study at the University of Kentucky is looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic played a role in a significant spike in overdose deaths in Kentucky. Experts at UK call the influx of illicit fentanyl combined with the COVID-19 shutdown a perfect storm resulting in a 49% spike…
WKU Public Radio | By Jacob Martin With the Kentucky General Assembly wrapping up this week, multiple bills that would impact classrooms across the state are in the hands of Gov. Andy Beshear. The Democratic governor has been a proponent of increasing educators’ wages and put forth a proposal that would both increase teacher pay by 5% and…
Louisville Public Media | By Ryan Van Velzer Energy utilities now have to prove to regulators their plans to retire fossil-fueled power plants won’t compromise the reliability and resilience of the electric grid in Kentucky. It takes effect immediately. The legislation emerged following a winter storm that wiped out electricity for around 1.6 million people in the days…
WKU Public Radio | By Lisa Autry Like all states, Kentucky finds itself in a new drug war. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of overdose deaths in the commonwealth. The state Office of Drug Control Policy says fentanyl was involved in over 70% of the 2,250 overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2021. Fentanyl is not…
