Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced Monday that in-person absentee voting is now open statewide for Kentucky’s November 5 General Election. All counties are required to open in-person absentee voting no later than Friday, October 18. “Voters who are not able to vote at the polls on Election Day for various reasons can vote…
By WBKO News Staff | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WBKO/WAVE) — A Kentucky lawmaker prefiles a bill to regulate vaping. State Representative Jerry Miller said the bill would limit the sale of all flavored vaping products to stores licensed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Marty Pollio is the superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools. He and other…
By Paige Noel | FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – A new survey says Matt Bevin is no longer the country’s most unpopular governor. Morning Consult’s Governor Approval Rankings show Bevin as the second most unpopular governor. Bevin does have the lowest approval rating of 34 percent in the country. Rhode Island Democrat Gina Raimondo is the most unpopular…
BY ASHLEIGH MILLS KENTUCKY LEXINGTON, Ky. – For people who do not have dental insurance, or for those that live in rural areas of the Commonwealth, it can be difficult to get dental care. To help people get dental care for their kids, the University of Kentucky’s College of Dentistry holds The Saturday Morning Clinic to treat…
By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource At a town hall event in Logan, Ohio, Kelly Taulbee walks through the steps of an encounter with someone experiencing an opioid overdose. She’s training a group to use NARCAN, the opioid reversal medication. She pulled out the small applicator and demonstrated how easy it is to spray the medication in…
John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Not all opioid lawsuit settlement funds go to intervention, treatment and long-term recovery programs. USA TODAY A key drug maker and multiple distributors facing a historic opioid lawsuit reached a landmark settlement Monday with two Ohio counties suing makers and distributors of the highly addictive painkillers. The tentative settlement came hours before…
By KARYN CZAR | WUKY.org More than 3 million Kentuckians have the opportunity to enroll in or make changes to their Medicare coverage or employer-sponsored health plan during the next couple of months. Medicare open enrollment begins now and ends on Dec. 7. Paul Brophy, chief operating officer for UnitedHealthcare Kentucky, says enrollment season can vary for employer-sponsored…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM | KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky’s foster care system is improving but there is still a lot of work to be done. That was the message members of the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee heard Tuesday. The Department for Community Based Services and private foster care and service agency Necco testified in…
BY JASON HANCOCK | THE KANSAS CITY STAR JEFFERSON CITY When Eric Greitens resigned from office a little more than a year ago, he still faced a litany of accusations that his campaign and dark money nonprofit had engaged in illegal activity. The Republican lawmaker who led the Greitens impeachment investigation went so far as…
By LIAM NIEMEYER Whitney Westerfield on stage at Fancy Farm this August. CREDIT MATT MARKGRAF / WKMS The crowd at the annual Fancy Farm picnic in August hurled insults and boos for hours at candidates for statewide office this fall. All the races were partisan — with a Republican and Democratic candidate — except for one…