Higher Education Coalition from Kentucky Urges Congress to Protect ‘Dreamers’

By LISA AUTRY Some Kentucky colleges and universities are among 600 higher education institutions across the nation asking Congress to give permanent protection to children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, was enacted by the Obama administration to prevent those known as “Dreamers” from being…

The VA Fired A Doctor For ‘Egregious’ Misconduct. The Bevin Administration Hired Him.

By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration hired a physician to lead the state’s infectious disease office just months after the Department of Veterans Affairs dismissed that doctor for “egregious” medical misconduct. Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services hired Dr. John “Mel” Bennett in the same month that the VA’s Inspector General published…

Senate President Robert Stivers calls for probe of Purdue Pharma settlement

By WYMT News Staff | FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP/WKYT) – The Kentucky Senate’s top leader says he will introduce a measure calling for an investigation into the state’s $24 million settlement with the makers of the prescription painkiller OxyContin. Stivers says Kentucky was “shortchanged” in the Purdue Pharma settlement. Former Attorney General Jack Conway settled the case in late…

Special Audit of Kentucky Pension Systems Reviewed

BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – The transparency of Kentucky’s Retirement systems were the topic of the Public Pension Oversight Committee Monday. State auditor Mike Harmon presented his findings of a special investigation into the systems to the committee. Last month, the Republican-released a report saying Kentucky Retirement Systems and Teachers’ Retirement System were not complying with…