by The Associated Press – BOWLING GREEN, KY. — Western Kentucky has received a $1 million donation from former Hilltopper football player Joe Micatrotto and his wife Sunshine and school officials say it’s the largest gift from an ex-student athlete. The donation includes support for WKU’s football and volleyball programs, its Opportunity Fund and capital projects.…
by Phillip M. Bailey, Louisville Courier Journal – This story is developing and will be updated. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is again siding against the Republican Party, but this time it involves a former prep school classmate who is running for Congress in Maine and supports abortion rights. Independent state Rep. Marty Grohman is in a three-way…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky is one of eleven states to receive a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a Kentucky Statewide Family Engagement Center (KY SFEC). Led by the Prichard Committee, the center will carry out parent education and family engagement in education programs for Kentucky families and provide training…
by The Associated Press – BEVERLY, KY. — A dental clinic in Kentucky is offering help to people in drug recovery and treatment programs. The Courier Journal reports Red Bird dental clinic staffers and University of Louisville dental students are extracting diseased teeth and providing dentures for center patients. Red Bird is a mission of the…
by Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier Journal – In an “epic story of academic intrigue,” a jury will hear allegations from a former University of Kentucky dental professor that criticism of Gov. Matt Bevin’s changes to Medicaid dental benefits cost him his job. That’s the description of a federal judge in Lexington who ruled that a lawsuit by Dr. Raynor Mullins against…
DETROIT – Ford CEO Jim Hackett says the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will cost the company $1 billion. Ford says the figure is a year-over-year increase from March through 2019. “The irony is we source most of that in the U.S. today anyways,” Hackett told Bloomberg television, explaining that the automaker gets…
He stressed that gains have been made in a number of areas and that recent initiatives will help students boost their academic success. by Kevin Wheatley – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio says the district is looking for “sustained and systemic change” to improve student outcomes a day after…
by JOE SONKA – A Louisville-based IT company has filed a protest with the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, alleging that the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) improperly signed off on changes to an IT services contract with tech giant AT&T that were worth $6.5 million and not competitively bid. The formal protest letter was…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 25, 2018) – Norton Healthcare ranks No. 4 on the 2018 list of Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America by Healthiest Employers, a national leader in employee health analytics, best practices and benchmark data. The organization moved up two spots from No. 6 on the highly selective list. The Louisville-based not-for-profit system includes five…
by Hannah Carver, NKyTribune reporter – Workforce development and transportation were two of the key issues on the minds of the Boone, Campbell and Kenton County Judges/Executive at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce September Eggs ‘N Issues. About 280 people filled the room Tuesday morning at the Boone County Enrichment Center to hear Boone County…