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How to stay safe as extreme heat is forecast to slam Kentucky
Kentuckians can expect high temperatures this week, with portions of the state predicted to reach 100-degree heat indexes from Tuesday to Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.? High temperatures can be dangerous, particularly for children, people who are chronically ill or pregnant and older adults.? It’s not safe to leave pets or children in […]
Lexington Democrat will attempt to make Juneteenth a state holiday (again)
Kentucky Rep. George Brown, D-Lexington, says he will file legislation in 2025 to try and establish Juneteenth as an official state holiday.? Past efforts to do so have failed.? Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, commemorating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free in […]
Memorial Day storms death total updated
The storms that swept through Kentucky over Memorial Day weekend killed at least 6 people, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.? The previous known death total was 5. The sixth death was a 99-year-old woman in Laurel County, Beshear said.? Previous deaths were reported in Hopkins, Caldwell, Hardin, Mercer and Jefferson Counties.? The late May storms […]
Louisville otolaryngologist becomes president of American Medical Association
Dr. Bruce A. Scott, an ear, nose and throat specialist from Louisville, was sworn in Tuesday, June 11, as the 179th president of the?American Medical Association, the nation’s largest organization of physicians. “I became a physician to care for patients, and we all know that’s getting tougher every day,” Scott said in his inaugural address. […]
Kentucky to receive $9 million in settlement with Johnson & Johnson?
Kentucky is set to receive more than $9 million over the next four years following a national settlement with Johnson & Johnson over products containing talc, the attorney general’s office announced Wednesday.? The company agreed to pay out $700 million after Kentucky — along with 42 other states and Washington D.C. — investigated the company […]
Kentuckians in Congress react to Hunter Biden conviction
Some of Kentucky’s Republican congressional members quickly commented on the conviction of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, in a federal gun case, though their sentiments about the charges differed.? The first son was convicted Tuesday on three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018. Prosecutors argued that Hunter Biden lied […]
Kentucky AG to US Supreme Court: Hear anti-abortion protester’s case against buffer zones
Kentucky Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to a New Jersey city ordinance creating a buffer-zone for protesters around health care facilities.? The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently backed the city’s rule in the lawsuit, Turco v. City of Englewood. Jeryl Turco is arguing […]
Dr. Wendell Kingsolver, advocate for family medicine and rural health, dies at 95
Dr. Wendell Roy Kingsolver, a longtime physician and advocate for family medicine and public health, especially in rural Kentucky, died Thursday, May 30. He was 95 and lived in Nicholasville. After graduation from the University of Kentucky and an internship and residency, Kingsolver set up a family practice at Carlisle in his home Nicholas County. […]
Kentucky’s certificate of need law on interim legislative committee’s June 20 agenda
An interim legislative committee is scheduled to take up the issue of Kentucky’s certificate of need requirements later this month.? The Interim Joint Committee (IJC) on Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulation will discuss the controversial issue on June 20 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time in room 154 of the Capitol Annex in Frankfort.? Sen. John […]
Jesse Stuart Foundation continues writing workshop at Greenbo Lake June 21-22
A foundation dedicated to continuing a former Kentucky poet laureate’s legacy is renewing a literary workshop in Northeastern Kentucky.? The Jesse Stuart Foundation will host the Jack Ellis Writers Workshop at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park June 21-22. Several instructors, including George Ella Lyon — another Eastern Kentucky native and poet laureate —?will lead participants […]
Kentucky gets 8,000 Narcan doses as part of Teva settlement
Five sites that distribute naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, received 8,000 new doses this week as part of the state’s settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Friday.? The doses went to sites in Louisville, Florence, Ashland, Paducah and Frankfort.? Narcan can reverse opioid overdoses. This shipment is the first of four that […]
Kentucky Republicans stand by Trump, blame Democrats for former president’s convictions
Republicans in Kentucky’s congressional delegation have denounced the guilty verdicts against former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, while the lone Democrat said the New York jury has shown that in this country “no one’s above the law.” The Republican Party of Kentucky (RPK) posted a statement Thursday night blaming the Biden […]