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…
by Associated Press – U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell talked to reporters at the McConnell Center at University of Louisville on Thursday. Alton Strupp, CJ Senate Republicans have re-elected Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell to be majority leader when the new Congress convenes in January and starts working on Donald Trump’s agenda. McConnell is widely popular among Republicans and…
BY LINDA BLACKFORD, lblackford@herald-leader.com – Midway University has received one of the largest gifts in its history, officials announced Monday. Longtime trustee Jan Hunter announced that she would pledge $2 million over the next two years. “I recently heard someone say that ‘the opportunity of a lifetime must be taken during the lifetime of the opportunity,’ and…
by Lauren Hanson – BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – When you walk in the doors of Florence Schneider Hall, you see typical college students. “It’s given me a lot more independence. I get to choose when I want to go eat, and choose when I want to go do homework,” said Veronica Johnson. As Sara Saeed…
by Lisa Gillespie – Kindred Healthcare is getting out of the short-term rehab facility business, otherwise known as skilled nursing. The Louisville-based company said Monday it will sell all 36 facilities by the end of 2017. The news comes as Medicare is changing the way health care providers are paid. Traditionally, medical providers are paid per…
By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource A recent breakdown at an Ohio River dam served as a wake-up call about the aging infrastructure that keeps river commerce flowing. The Ohio is one of the country’s busiest working rivers and some navigation controls are approaching the century mark. I went to see these ailing structures and…
by MATT MARKGRAF – Kentucky’s ‘Atomic City’ cleared a hurdle this week with the U.S. Department of Energy to sell depleted uranium from a former enrichment plant to re-enrich at a future nearby facility. A one-billion dollar GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment facility will re-enrich tails left in the cylinders at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in…
by STU JOHNSON (KPR) – Efforts are underway to boost farming operations in Kentucky. A Beginning Farmer Summit held the end of last week in Louisville attracted more than 100 people. Madison County Extension Agent in Agriculture Brandon Sears says farming is not always a passed on family tradition. “We have seen a big interest in…
By Kevin Wheatley As Republicans retake control of the state’s House of Representatives for the first time since 1921, GOPoperatives say their party’s representatives in the lower chamber should proceed with some caution to protect their unanticipated supermajority. For Kentucky Democrats, it’s time to regroup after the combination of a heavy anti-Hillary Clinton wave and big money…