From the Associated Press FRANKFORT, KY. – Several state agencies are working together on an initiative to highlight the importance of properly disposing of old medications. A statement from Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America says the organization is partnering with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Cabinet for Justice and Public Safety…
By Joseph Gerth of The Courier-Journal Talk to Democratic Senate candidate Jim Gray for any amount of time, and he’ll pretty quickly get around to telling you that he knows how to create jobs. Repeatedly. He’ll tell you that he did it as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky’s second-largest city, by stripping away needless red tape to…
By Nick Storm of CN/2 Kentucky government officials, law enforcement and private-sector representatives ran through a worst-case scenario test on Wednesday, preparing for how the state would react if hackers took down the power grid to a quarter of the state while simultaneously attempting to steal data from government computer networks. The exercise comes amid the growing…
From Andrew Wolfs of courier-journal.com Under a deal approved Thursday at the U of L Board of Trustees finance committee meeting, acting president Neville Pinto will receive a salary of $655,000. Pinto’s base academic salary will be $480,000; he will receive a stipend of $175,000. At Pinto’s request, he will forgo any additional bonus, deferred compensation, leased…
From WYMT.com FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Supreme Court officials say Republican Gov. Matt Bevin did not ask the court to reconsider its decision banning him from cutting the budgets of public colleges and universities without the legislature’s approval. The ruling will become final later Thursday. The case will be remanded back to the circuit…
by ROB CANNING – Murray State President Bob Davies is inviting the university community to be involved in a series of surveys and forums aimed to promote a so-called ‘Marketplace of Ideas.’ Davies sent out a letter last night saying the move for engagement comes in light of the vitriolic rhetoric and divide among issues of…
by Ryland Barton – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security still hasn’t granted an extension for Kentucky to comply with stricter driver’s license and ID standards. The previous extension expired Monday. Transportation cabinet officials had requested the extension last month but still haven’t heard back from DHS. “It’s kind of hard to assume what the federal government’s going to do,” Transportation Cabinet…
by STU JOHNSON (KPR) & STU JOHNSON – A person who’s spent decades keeping his finger on the pulse of Kentucky politics doesn’t anticipate weekend revelations about Donald Trump to greatly erode his support in the Commonwealth. The effect on GOP efforts to take over the Kentucky House appear a little more uncertain. Kentucky Republicans…
by The Associated Press – LOUISVILLE, KY. – After nearly 30 years of conservation efforts, Kentucky’s white-haired goldenrod has been removed from a list of federally protected plants, officials said Friday. The yellow fall-blooming perennial flower was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1988 after nearly disappearing from the Red River Gorge area…
By Lisa Gillespie – Dr. Robert Friedland has been working with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients for more than 30 years. And he still doesn’t know how they developed the diseases. Less than 1 percent of patients have a gene that can lead to either disease. For the rest, it’s a big unknown. But Friedland’s latest research shows that…
