Jack Brammer Kentucky Lantern Seven lame-duck lawmakers were among 26 members of the Kentucky General Assembly who attended a conference last December in Hawaii. The trip cost taxpayers more than $86,000. The conference of the Council of State Governments in Honolulu, which attracted more than 1,000 state legislators from across the country, offered workshops on various…
Side Effects Public Media | By Ryan Levi, Dan Gorenstein The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital care. David Mercurio’s problems in the hospital started right away. “The first two nights when I was there, about 3 in the morning, two…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson Kentucky’s public health commissioner anticipates a change in COVID case data later this spring. The national coronavirus public health emergency is slated to end on May 11th. Dr. Steven Stack said the information from the CDC will decline and the community-level COVID maps may go away. “There may be the guidance…
By Mariah Congedo LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The tragic death of a young Kentucky boy has brought attention to the subject of organ donation. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office says 8-year-old Eli Hill was killed in a freak accident Monday while playing basketball at his home in Corbin. His parents say they made the decision to donate his…
WEKU | By John McGary In 1961, Congress designated the third week of March as National Poison Prevention Week. Area agencies are spreading the word about the danger of household items and drugs, prescription or otherwise, to young children. Sherri Hannan is a nurse at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital and coordinator for the Safe Kids Fayette…
Louisville Public Media | By Morgan Watkins Wikimedia Commons / LPM Congress approved a change in federal law that will require Kentucky officials to resume verifying people’s eligibility before renewing their Medicaid benefits. That process begins next month. The main thing people with Medicaid coverage can do to prepare for the change is update their contact…
Louisville Public Media | By Ryland Barton A former prosecutor from eastern Kentucky allegedly solicited nude photos from defendants in exchange for favors in court. Now the state Senate is considering an impeachment conviction against him. For the first time in 135 years, a Kentucky Senate impeachment committee heard testimony against a former elected official. Ronnie…
BY JULIA BENBROOK WASHINGTON, D.C. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., entered the United States Senate in 1985, achieving a goal he said was set in college while spending his summer as an intern on Capitol Hill. “Once I got here, I was not exactly an overnight sensation but after a number years of going through the ranks, I…
BY ERIN KELLY KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The city of Louisville is expanding a program to help people in crisis without involving police. What You Need To Know Louisville is expanding its Crisis Call Diversion Program The program began a year ago as a pilot project Mayor Craig Greenberg said the expansion aligns with recommendations from a recently…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson There are a number of bills still in limbo as lawmakers break away from Frankfort during the governor’s veto period. One of those is House Bill 338, which allows Kentuckians 70 and older to be exempt from jury duty. First-term Representative Amy Neighbors of Edmonton said this would bring Kentucky law…
