‘Hazard is leading the way’: Recovery providers react to Recovery Ready Community designation

By Madison Carmouche PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Perry County was named a Recovery Ready Community by Governor Andy Beshear. The governor announced the program in June 2022 and explained that communities would be able to apply and have recovery efforts reviewed to be noted as a Recovery Ready Community. Perry County scored 275 points out…

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‘Bad teeth cause life-threatening infections’ — push to expand Medicaid dental benefits continues

Excerpted from KentuckyLantern.com Around 400 patients per week, most covered by Medicaid, flood the University of Kentucky’s dental clinic seeking care they can’t find elsewhere for advanced tooth decay or other oral disease. Some are in such critical condition they must be airlifted to UK, Dr. Melvyn Yeoh, the university’s chairman of oral health science,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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