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The Courier-Journal
April 3, 2018
The budget provides about $3.3 billion over two years to fund Kentucky's public pension systems, which are now saddled with about $43 billion in unfunded liabilities. And it fully funds what the actuaries for the teachers' system say will be needed in the next two years. The Senate earlier had moved muchÃâà...
New York Times
April 3, 2018
Rank-and-file teachers don't hesitate to use the term “strike” to describe their actions, but union leaders prefer the term “walkout.” They point out that teachers aren't striking against their managers — principals, administrators or local school boards — but are instead protesting state policies. In KentuckyÃâà...
Cincinnati.com
April 3, 2018
Since the 1980s, Kentucky has steadily improved its education system and became exemplary in many ways. It linked early childhood education to long-term achievement. It placed a high priority on closing the achievement gap. And, as a high-poverty state, it developed wrap-around services to supportÃâà...
The Courier-Journal
April 3, 2018
Just hours after passing the tax reform bill, the House voted late Monday to strip out a provision that would reduce the amount of pension income that can be excluded from the Kentucky income tax. But the House's action must still be approved by the Senate when the session reconvenes on April 13 and 14Ãâà...
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 3, 2018
Overall, the budget cuts base appropriations to public colleges by 6.25 percent over the next two years. The cut at the University of Kentucky is projected to be as high as $16 million, according to a statement from the institution. At the University of Louisville it will be about $8.3 million, a spokeswoman says.
The Courier-Journal
April 3, 2018
As thousands of Kentucky teachers rallied in defense of public education on Monday, a similar unrest was unfolding roughly 800 miles away. In Oklahoma — where teachers staged a statewide walkout — thousands converged on the capital of Oklahoma City to demand higher wages. Meanwhile, ArizonaÃâà...
Lexington Herald Leader
April 3, 2018
Public school teachers and elected officials from Eastern Kentucky marched and rallied in Pikeville Tuesday in a show of solidarity for teachers and other public employees affected by proposed changes to the state pension system. Public officials including Sen. Ray Jones, D-Pikeville, Rep. Chris HarrisÃâà...
NPR
March 31, 2018
As of Thursday morning, SB 151 was a bill about sewage services. But by the time both chambers of the Kentucky Legislature had passed it that night, the amendment process had turned the bill about sewage into a 291-page overhaul of public employees' retirement benefits. Now, it rests on Gov.
NPR
March 31, 2018
A measure signed into law in Kentucky this past week would prevent federally-certified radiologists from judging X-rays in state black lung compensation claims, leaving diagnoses of the disease mostly to physicians who typically work for coal companies. The new law requires that only pulmonologistsÃâà...
SECcountry.com
March 31, 2018
The past few years have been a roller coaster for Gillespie, who was fired from Kentucky in March 2009, a move which led directly to the current John Calipari era in Lexington. After leaving the Wildcats, Gillispie was out of coaching for nearly two years, when he signed a contract to be the next head coachÃâà...
The Courier-Journal
March 31, 2018
Angry teachers sparked a wave of school closures across the state Friday as hundreds called in sick to protest the controversial pension reform bill that zipped through the Kentucky legislature this week. From the eastern half of the state bordering West Virginia to the northern region near Ohio, 29 schoolÃâà...
Lexington Herald Leader
March 31, 2018
A Kentucky congressman says federal officials have given the green light to build a prison in an Appalachian county hard hit by the coal economy's downturn. U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers says the Federal Bureau of Prisons has signaled its intent to move forward with the prison project in Letcher County inÃâà...
WLWT Cincinnati
March 31, 2018
Multiple Northern Kentucky schools closed Monday amid tension over pension bill ... Several Northern Kentucky schools have decided to close on Monday, April 2, in an effort to let their teachers' voices be heard. Advertisement. The list of closed school districts includes Boone County, Kenton County,Ãâà...
CNN
March 30, 2018
Nestled in the hills of Eastern Kentucky, Martin County has had a long history tied to coal. Between 1918 and 2015, the county produced more than 436 million tons of coal. But as the coal industry died out, Martin County struggled. Nearly 40% of its population lives at or below the federal poverty level.
CNN
March 30, 2018
Meacham was taken to a hospital, but he died from his injuries, said Trooper Rob Austin with the Kentucky State Police. After an hours-long manhunt, law enforcement shot and killed suspect James K. DeCoursey early Friday outside a hotel in Clarksville, Tennessee, about 30 miles south of Hopkinsville,Ãâà...
Angelus News
March 24, 2018
The Kentucky State Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban dilation and evacuation abortions after the 11th week of pregnancy, with the exception of a medical emergency. Were this bill to become law, it would be one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the US. The bill passed overwhelmingly inÃâà...
Deadspin
March 24, 2018
When was the last time a UK player shot TWENTY free throws in one game ? PJ Washington got the Yante Maten treatment tonight..but only after it was apparent that he was a mess at the free throw line. Everybody in the building knew he was going to keep missing free throws. It was written all over him.
Food Safety News
March 24, 2018
Indiana health officials have confirmed 10 cases of hepatitis A, including one restaurant worker. In Louisville, KY, officials say two more food handlers there have been diagnosed with the liver infection. The food handlers could have exposed the public to the highly contagious virus. There is a narrowÃâà...
WKYT
March 24, 2018
(WKYT) - Snow has caused some major problems on Kentucky roadways on Saturday. In Scott County, there were several accidents on Interstate 75 as roads became covered in snow and slush. "I came south of Lexington, right around (Scott County) it really started getting icy," Pittsburgh resident BrianÃâà...
SECcountry.com
March 24, 2018
Louisville's search to replace Rick Pitino as basketball coach could come at the expense of Kentucky's recruiting prowess. According to a report from WDRB.com, the Cardinals have asked for permission to speak with Wildcats assistant Kenny Payne about the vacancy. Payne is a Louisville graduate andÃâà...
NPR
March 23, 2018
A musician and hunting guide running for Congress as a Democrat, arguing for gun regulation. A gun-owning doctor who treated victims of a school shooting, and never wants to do it again. Student shooting survivors who support the Second Amendment and have joined the "Never Again" movement.
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
HORSE CAVE, Ky. (AP) — State and federal authorities have searched a Kentucky police department that is under investigation. FBI Louisville Office Chief Counsel David Habich says search warrants were executed Monday at the Horse Cave Police Department as part of an ongoing federal investigation.
The Courier-Journal
March 7, 2018
The Kentucky Employees' Health Plan is administered by the Personnel Cabinet and insures about 146,000 teachers and public employees plus their family members. It gets roughly 80 percent of its money in contributions from the state and about 20 percent in premiums from the employees, said McKim,Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence is returning to Kentucky to promote the Republican tax overhaul, which is shaping up as a key issue in this year's midterm ... Pence is scheduled to visit a bakery in the central Kentucky town of Versailles on Wednesday to tout President Donald Trump's biggest legislativeÃâà...
Insider Louisville
March 7, 2018
After five days of national uproar on social media, the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Kentucky General Assembly unanimously voted on Tuesday to approve Senate Bill 48, which raises the legal age to marry in Kentucky. On Thursday, Insider Louisville first reported on the scheduled committee vote forÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky health officials say a possible hepatitis A-related death has been reported in Louisville, where there has been an outbreak of the disease. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness saidÃâà...
Leafly
March 7, 2018
(AP) — Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky made their case to a legislative panel Monday, touting it as a safe alternative to highly ... It's 4:20 & I'm at the Capitol annex in Frankfort waiting to see whether or not the Kentucky House Judiciary Committee votes on HB 166, the medicalÃâà...
