BY MICHAEL CADIGAN KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A robotic surgical system promises to give people who suffer from chronic back pain an option for treatment. Norton Healthcare has the Mazor X robotic surgical system. This unit helps reduce pain and shortens recovery time following spine surgery. Terri Tackett was one of the first people in Kentucky to have…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andy Beshear has released a plan aimed at producing more Kentucky jobs tied to farm technology and advanced manufacturing. The proposals released Wednesday are part of what Beshear calls his “kitchen table agenda.” Beshear’s plan includes starting “business accelerators” and expanding access to credit to recruit agritech and…
by Todd Faulkner, Randall Barnes PADUCAH — In what’s turning out to be a heated race between the two men vying for votes in the race for Kentucky attorney general in November, Republican candidate Daniel Cameron said Tuesday he has a number of issues he’s eager to tackle if elected. Among them are restoring credibility…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jordan Harris, the founder of Pegasus Institute, will be stepping down as executive director on Nov. 1, 2019. Pegasus Institute was founded in 2016 and has achieved dozens of policy changes as a direct result of its research in that time. “I couldn’t be more proud of the things we have accomplished as an…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Charles D. Davidson, Amelia D. Prater, and Lawrence D. Gorman have been appointed as members of the Hazard Community and Technical College Board of Directors. Charles D. Davidson, of Hazard, general manager of Pine Branch Mining and will serve for…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS The Kentucky Republican is set to deliver a speech Tuesday at a chamber of commerce luncheon in southern Kentucky. It marks his first public appearance since part of his lung was removed at a Tennessee hospital. The senator says the surgery stemmed from injuries suffered when a neighbor tackled him while he…
by Grace Schneider, Louisville Courier Journal Courier Journal reporter Morgan Watkins explains the failed U of L-KentuckyOne negotiations.Courier Journal, Louisville Courier Journal The University of Louisville is renewing its pursuit of Jewish Hospital and may use a $50 million loan from the state to make it happen. According to a draft document obtained by the…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS A jury has ordered a Kentucky nursing home to pay more than $2.2 million in damages for acting negligently and failing to properly care for a 92-year-old patient with dementia. Jurors ruled Friday that Superior Care Home must compensate the patient’s relatives for medical costs, pain and suffering. The nursing home was…
BY JACK BRAMMER FRANKFORT Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton publicly disputed Gov. Matt Bevin on Friday, saying she has never talked with him about his administration’s dismissal of two of her three top staffers without her consent. Hampton specifically challenged Bevin’s comments in a June 26 Lexington Herald-Leader story in which he tried to play down…
by Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal – FRANKFORT — The trial for Jerry Lundergan, a prominent player in Kentucky Democratic Party politics for 40 years, opens in federal court on Tuesday. He’s charged with conspiring to funnel illegal corporate contributions to the campaign of his daughter, Alison Lundergan Grimes, for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Lundergan is…