BY MICHON LINDSTROM PUBLISHED 6:09 PM ET JUN. 10, 2019 LOUISVILLE, Ky- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, made a stop in Louisville Monday to discuss criminal justice reform. Paul spoke at New Legacy, a non-profit based in lousville that provides housing and vocational education among other things to former felons. While visiting the non-profit, Paul…
By Chris Otts LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The parent company of KentuckyOne Health came within hours last week of canceling its longstanding financial support of the University of Louisville’s medical school in frustration over the lack of a deal to sell Jewish Hospital and other Louisville healthcare properties to the university, according to public…
By Lisa Autry An Owensboro facility is among six Kentucky nursing homes named in a federal report as having poor safety records. A report shared this week with the Senate Special Committee on Aging named 400 nursing homes across the nation with a ‘persistent record of poor care.’ The Courier-Journal reports that the facilities…
By The American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society (ACS) has named Erica Kellem Beasley the executive director for Kentucky. She began her duties March 18. As executive director, her focus is the development and execution of the Kentucky area plan to support the mission of ACS, build a strong area board of directors,…
By Kyeland Jackson A new grant will allow the nonprofit Kentucky Center For Economic Policy to research Kentucky’s rising incarceration rates. The $10,000 grant from the New York-based nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice was announced Tuesday. KCEP Executive Director Jason Bailey said his organization will research and collect data on county jails in Barren, Leslie,…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Kentucky’s lieutenant governor has told the state’s personnel secretary that she intends to defy a decision by Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration to dismiss her deputy chief of staff. In an email, Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton said her ousted aide, Adrienne Southworth, will “continue to assist me as deputy chief.” Southworth will track…
BY LESLEY CLARK AND KEVIN G. HALL JUNE 05, 2019 05:41 PM WASHINGTON A Russian-backed aluminum mill trying to set up shop in Kentucky insists it is outside the scope of any review by a special government panel charged with scrutinizing foreign investment that could cause national security concerns. A statement to McClatchy Wednesday from…
By Billy Kobin, Louisville Courier Journal Six Kentucky nursing homes, including two Louisville facilities, have been named in a U.S. Senate report on nursing homes with a “persistent record of poor care.” Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, a Republican, and Bob Casey, a Democrat, released the names of nearly 400 nursing homes nationwide with poor safety records…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM PUBLISHED 4:40 PM ET JUN. 04, 2019 FRANKFORT- Kentucky has some of the strictest ethics laws in the nation. The Legislative Ethics Commission says there are only a handful or so of other states who hold legislators to the high standard. Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a…
By Tom Loftus FRANKFORT – The state Supreme Court has rebuffed the initial legal maneuver in the Bevin administration’s appeal of a court order requiring it to disclose a financial analysis of the governor’s original pension reform plan called “Keeping the Promise.” On Friday, Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. ruled that the Bevin administration’s emergency motion…