by Darla Carter and Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal – To combat a nursing shortage, Kentucky hospitals are finding creative ways to woo workers. Rachel Aretakis/Courier-Journal/USA TODAY Network Kentucky hospitals are using cash bonuses and other incentives to fill nursing jobs in an effort to counter a nursing shortage that could grow even worse in the near future. “For a long time…
by Don Weber – GEORGETOWN – Improving the so-called essential work skills of the state’s future workforce was the focus of Monday’s Interim Joint Committee on Education meeting held at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing North American Production Support Center in Georgetown. House Majority Floor Leader, Rep. Jonathan Shell, R-Lancaster, is currently working on legislation similar to House Bill…
by The Associated Press – FRANKFORT, KY. — Officials with Kentucky’s Tobacco Quit Line are launching a new advertising campaign that encourages people to stop using tobacco products. The ads are designed to lead people to the state’s free tobacco counseling service, 1-800-784-8669. Bobbye Gray, a registered nurse who administers Kentucky’s Quit Line Program, says the goal…
by RYLAND BARTON – A controversial state lawmaker has filed a bill that would make it a felony to perform an abortion in Kentucky. The legislation is likely unconstitutional. Rep. Dan Johnson, a Republican from Mt. Washington, pre-filed the Abolition of Abortion in Kentucky Act for the upcoming legislative session. The proposal would forbid all abortions from the…
by Don Weber LAKESIDE PARK – Former Kentucky state senator Richard “Dick” Roeding died on Friday night at the age of 86. Roeding, a Republican, served northern Kentucky’s 11th district from 1991 to 2009 and was Republican Whip from 1995 to 1996 and President Pro Tem from 2000 to 2004. Sen. Mitch McConnell released the following statement on…
Originally published on October 4, 2017 10:27 pm Kerri De Nies received the news this spring from her son’s pediatrician: Her chubby-cheeked toddler has a rare brain disorder. She’d never heard of the disease — adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD — but soon felt devastated and overwhelmed. “I probably read everything you could possibly read online — every…
As state representatives consider ways to shore up Kentucky’s Road Fund, the co-chair of a House working group exploring that issue has prefiled a bill that would establish annual fees for hybrid and electric vehicles. Rep. Sal Santoro, a Florence Republican who co-chairs the House Working Group on Kentucky’s Transportation Infrastructure, has proposed a three-tier…
During next year’s legislative session, lawmakers will consider adding a “crime victims’ bill of rights” to Kentucky’s constitution. The measure would create several constitutional guarantees, including a requirement that courts notify victims or their families when an offender is released from custody. Advocates have pushed for “Marsy’s Law” in recent legislative sessions but the efforts…
COLD SPRING – Whether Brighton Center can open a women’s recovery center under existing Campbell County zoning is being questioned. The Newport-based nonprofit plans a 50-bed residential treatment center outside Cold Spring city limits for women recovering from addiction has been hotly contested and protested by some residents. Brighton Center has an option to buy 50…
The Kentucky Retired Teachers Association (KRTA) has launched a statewide grassroots campaign to protect the earned retirement security of thousands of retirees who served a career educating children. The campaign will advocate for fairness and fight political leaders in Frankfort who support forcing retired teachers to bail out elected officials’ mismanagement of Kentucky’s teacher retirement…