Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 6:33 a.m. ET May 29, 2019 | Updated 6:36 a.m. ET May 29, 2019 Evolent Health, a national health management business, has agreed to buy a majority ownership stake in Passport Health Plan, the struggling, Louisville-based Medicaid managed care company, the two companies announced early Wednesday. Evolent, which already provides services and staff…
By Joe Sonka, May 28, 2019 4:00 Via Kentucky Department of Corrections Facebook page Exactly 10 weeks after being informed that their promised 12% salary raises were being abruptly halted, state probation and parole officers were again told by leadership in the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet on Friday that many of them would receive raises…
By KARYN CZAR • 34 MINUTES AGO Kentucky’s child care centers are able to offer support to more working families since the state received $42 million in additional funding last year, according to a survey by the advocacy group Kentucky Youth Advocates. More than 120 child care providers in 43 counties said they used the funds to increase…
By Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal Published 11:39 a.m. ET May 24, 2019 | Updated 2:36 p.m. ET May 26, 2019 FRANKFORT — Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed pension bill might need to be changed to give it a chance to pass the General Assembly in a special session before July 1. House Majority Leader John “Bam” Carney,…
By Mike Stunson May 27, 2019 6:18pm, Updated May 27, 2019 7:15pm They can’t be seen and usually don’t smell. They can kill or maim— small doses dispersed in the air can choke or blister thousands. They sit a few miles from Lexington in Richmond. But not for much longer. Chemical weapons stored in Madison…
BY ANNIE ANDERSEN PUBLISHED 4:57 PM ET MAY. 22, 2019 UPDATED 5:56 PM ET MAY. 22, 2019 LOUISVILLE– In 2014, incumbent California governor Jerry Brown ran for re-election with 15 challengers. He won his primary by 35 points. On the other side is Illinois’ former governor Bruce Rauner. At the time of his primary, Rauner was very…
By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource A new report from the Appalachian Regional Commission shows that Central Appalachia lags behind other parts of the region in employment, household income, and other key measures. The data come from the American Community Survey, which is similar to the census and tracks county-level data over five-year periods. Researchers…
Allison Ross, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 7:33 a.m. ET May 23, 2019 | Updated 10:42 a.m. ET May 23, 2019 Thousands of Jefferson County students went to classes this year without their schools ever knowing if they were vaccinated against measles or other highly contagious diseases. A Courier Journal analysis of vaccination reports found that more than 4,300…
By WYMT News Staff (WYMT/WKYT) – The attack ads will likely be fierce in the Kentucky governor’s race leading up to November. Incumbent Governor Matt Bevin, who won the GOP primary, and Attorney General Andy Beshear, who was victorious in the Democratic race, are intense political rivals. Sister station WKYT reports the two have…
By Sydney Boles Central Appalachia lags behind other part of the region in employment, household income and other key measures. That’s according to a new study from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The data comes from the American Community Survey, that’s like a smaller version of the census. It is conducted every five years. Within Appalachia,…