The Kentucky General Assembly will work this week to wrap up action on a number of issues. That may not include final votes on public pension reforms. Kentucky educators have kept up a presence all over the capitol grounds as lawmakers wrestle with how to address systemic pension system problems. Brittany Miller was among those…
Deborah Weed has seen how people diagnosed with mental illnesses can have their lives thrown into disarray when they end up in the criminal justice system. As president of Bowling Green’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Weed has offered a space for support group meetings and other services for people with mental…
If your doctor, social worker or therapist has violated professional standards, you have a right to that information under the open records law. But that could change under a bill before the state Senate. The purpose of the 269-page bill is a reorganization of Kentucky’s licensing boards. But the bill also includes new language allowing…
Despite considerable support for the concept, a bill to allow first responders to detain and hospitalize individuals who have been revived after an overdose is likely dead for this legislative session, due to concerns about liability and personal freedom. House Bill 428, sponsored by Kim Moser, R-Taylor Mill, would have applied only in Lexington, Louisville…
LEXINGTON — Since she was four years old, Kaylee Ferrell guarded a secret. A dangerous virus lived in her small body, a germ relatives described as “a cold in her blood.” She’d been born with hepatitis C, an insidious liver disease her mother got shooting up drugs. To keep other kids safe, Kaylee stashed a…
FRANKFORT, KY. Frustrated with repeated delays costing taxpayers millions of dollars, the Kentucky Senate has voted to effectively end a project that would bring high-speed internet capability to one of the poorest states in the country. But officials in Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration warn it would likely cost more to kill the project than…
Legislation to bring reforms to female prisons appears to be headed for final passage. The Senate measure got the approval Wednesday of the House Judiciary Committee. Louisville Senator Julie Raque Adams wanted to keep the bill narrowly focused on incarcerated women and not be expanded to include broader criminal justice reforms. “That was really my…
A former public safety officer for the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., was arrested in Florida after officials discovered he had military-grade explosives and weapons in his home, according to media reports. Officials were called to the home of Joel Ryals, 41, after a package labeled “C-4 explosive” was found at his home by his…
Play Video Because local first responders called to the scene of a drug overdose are only armed with rubber gloves and tongs, the students of Ashland Middle School developed a solution to safely pick up and dispose of hazardous material. The students created a device that could be used by first responders and local authorities…
A sweeping bill that would overhaul Kentucky’s foster care and adoption system is nearing final passage in the state legislature. A key part of House Bill 1 would give the state more options to terminate the parental rights of negligent parents and try to reduce barriers for people who want to adopt. The legislation would consider babies…