By Phillip M. Bailey, Louisville Courier Journal Democratic state Rep. Charles Booker thinks Kentucky is ready to make history if he enters the 2020 U.S. Senate race to take on Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. The 34-year-old freshman legislator confirmed speculation that he is considering giving up his seat in the General Assembly to make a…
By Natalie Grim WASHINGTON (Gray DC) — Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) announced this week a new grant would be provided to Western Kentucky University to aid their science department. “The National Science Foundation is awarding Western Kentucky University (WKU) a $377,259 grant for the acquisition of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope,” Rep. Guthrie stated…
By WBKO News Staff FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) — Kentucky lawmakers are looking at a bill in response to a viral encounter a Covington Catholic High School student had earlier this year. The student’s father asked the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary to consider the proposal. The student appeared in a video from a protest…
By Liz Schlemmer Life expectancy in the United States has declined for the third year in a row, driven in part by a rise in mortality among working-aged white Americans. A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sought to pinpoint where mortality was worsening, and why. Researchers found higher rates of mortality…
By BORIS LADWIG | July 11, 2019 5:45 am Jewish Hospital’s pioneering transplant program is in trouble, and its demise could produce far-reaching repercussions on the community. Surgical teams have performed only one heart transplant in the first six months of the year, according to the most recently available data, running afoul of federal minimum requirements and likely…
BY ANNIE ANDERSEN KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 4:29 PM ET JUL. 10, 2019 FRANKFORT, Ky. – In recent years, there has been a push to highlight career and technical education, or CTE, facilities. It’s a move Kentucky’s associate commissioner of the Office of Career and Technical Education and Student Transition, David Horseman, says they have done well. Showing the members of the Kentucky Career…
By WYMT News Staff Posted: Wed 10:37 PM, Jul 10, 2019 WASHINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday the U.S. Department of Energy will invest nearly $2.23 million in federal funding for the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER). This grant will be in addition to the $934,554…
By Daniel Desrochers JULY 09, 2019 09:24 PM, UPDATED JULY 09, 2019 09:24 PM President Donald Trump threw the weight of his presidency — and his popularity in Kentucky — behind U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday, endorsing McConnell on the same day the Republican leader saw his first major Democratic challenger in the 2020…
By WKYT News Staff | Posted: Wed 5:20 AM, Jul 10, 2019 | Updated: Wed 7:07 AM, Jul 10, 2019 FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – A special session on pension reform appears to be only a few days away. House Majority Leader John Carney, R-Campbellsville, told the Lexington Herald-Leader that leadership has been told July 19 is, “the most likely date to start…
BY JONATHON GREGG KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 6:32 PM ET JUL. 09, 2019 LOUISVILLE, Ky- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has literally written the book on how to have a long career in politics. His 2016 memoir is actually titled, “The Long Game,” and a win in 2020 could be the beginning of a fitting epilogue to a long,…