by Kirsten Clark , @kirstenlmclark – Community members pressed Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt for clear answers Monday about how the state and Jefferson County Public Schools plan to ensure equity is at the forefront of education reform efforts in the age of the new Every Student Succeeds Act. “Our children are failing,” Louisville Urban League President…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – Without much fanfare, the Senate Republican caucus re-elected their leadership team on Monday. The entire team of leaders includes Senate President Robert Stivers, Senate President Pro Tem David Givens, Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, Majority Caucus Chair Dan Seum and Majority Whip Jimmy Higdon. All were unopposed in this round of leadership elections.…
By WYMT – ATLANTA, Ga. (WYMT) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized federal funds to help Kentucky with the costs of recent forest fires in Harlan, Knox, Letcher, and Pike counties. This authorization makes FEMA grant funding available to reimburse 75 percent of the eligible firefighting costs for managing, mitigating and controlling the…
BY CHERYL TRUMAN, ctruman@herald-leader.com – What do we make in Kentucky? Toyota Camrys and Chevrolet Corvettes, for sure — in Georgetown and Bowling Green. JIF peanut butter is made by Smucker’s in Lexington (and emits a savory roasting peanut aroma for passers-by). Post-It Notes are made by 3M in Cynthiana, Hot Pockets by Nestle in Mount Sterling,…
by Mike James The Daily Independent – WASHINGTON D.C. — A new study rates Kentucky’s educational accountability system highly for its encouragement of high schools that nurture high achieving students. The study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute notes Kentucky’s system gives additional credit to students for high achievement. The system measures student growth by taking into…
by Kate Murphy, kmurphy@enquirer.com – Thomas More College is pursuing university status to support a growing student population and new academic programs. Administrators say they expect it to be rolled out by 2018. “The name ‘university’ brings prestige to a higher education institution,” Thomas More College President David Armstrong said. “As we are trying to grow our regional, national,…
Death row exonoree tours Eastern Kentucky lobbying against death penalty By Tanner Hesterberg | WHITESBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – A man who spent more than a decade on death row for a crime he did not commit toured Eastern Kentucky this week, hoping his story leads to greater opposition to the death penalty. Randy Steidl was convicted in 1987…
Small business owner part of new republican wave By Michael Gossum | MACEO, Ky. (WBKO) — Matt Castlen started a welding business when he was a teenager. “Started welding in the evenings in my garage, just to create some extra income,” Castlen said. He’s turned his one man business into a 50 person operation across Daviess and Warren…
Joseph Gerth , @Joe_Gerth – The end of the Affordable Care Act, a new Supreme Court justice, a trade war with China and mass deportation are all part of the plan. Video provided by NewsyNewslook How bad was election day in Kentucky for Democrats? The good folks at the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Study of…
by Kevin Wheatley, @KWheatley_cn2 – Like others in the health advocacy field, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky President Ben Chandler isn’t sure exactly what changes will be made to the Affordable Care Act under President-elect Donald Trump or how his administration will handle Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver application. Trump campaigned on a promise to repeal and replace the health…