Bevin notifies feds he’ll dismantle kynect

by Deborah Yetter – From November 2015 — Kynect “adds no value” that the federal exchange doesn’t provide, said Matt Bevin at a press conference in Frankfort. Matt Stone, The Courier-Journal FRANKFORT, Ky. Following through on a campaign pledge, Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle kynect, Kentucky’s health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care…

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth Present “Shared Vision For Kentucky” At Capitol

by JOSH JAMES –  A Kentuckians for the Commonwealth rally drew visitors into the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday afternoon with calls for minimum wage hikes, a statewide anti-discrimination law protecting LGBT Kentuckians, clean energy initiatives, and the restoration of voting rights for non-violent former felons who have served their sentences. “Hear our voices! We have vision!” the tightly…

Yarmuth To File For Re-Election

by ASSOCIATED PRESS – The only Democrat in Kentucky’s congressional delegation is making it official that he’s running for re-election this year.  U.S. Representative John Yarmuth’s campaign says the Louisville Democrat plans to file his candidacy papers on Monday to run for a sixth term.  He represents Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District. He was first elected in…

Questions linger over Bevin’s Medicaid plans

by Deborah Yetter – Gov. Matt Bevin announced Wednesday he has begun work to transform Kentucky’s Medicaid program by 2017. But in the meantime he envisions no major changes in the government health plan. (Full press conference) Homeless and battling severe mental illness and alcoholism after years of brutal childhood abuse, Gene Miller said that gaining Medicaid coverage in…