Government
Child care among needs heard from Kentucky kinship families
Kentuckians who are raising a minor relative need better access to mental health care, housing and other basic support services, according to a new report released Tuesday. The report, from Kentucky Youth Advocates and the Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky, is based on two online surveys and nine in-person listening sessions aimed at learning more […]
Kentucky Senate Democrats join call for Grossberg to resign amid inappropriate behavior allegations
Leadership of the Kentucky Senate Democratic Caucus joined fellow party members in calling on Louisville Democrat Rep. Daniel Grossberg to resign amid allegations of inappropriate behavior towards women.? The leaders said in a Wednesday statement that the Senate caucus “remains committed to the principles of respect, accountability, and justice in our efforts.”? “As public officials, […]
Letcher sheriff charged with murdering judge appears in court, gets ultimatum from governor
The Eastern Kentucky sheriff charged with murdering a judge entered a not guilty plea Wednesday and was put on notice by Gov. Andy Beshear that if he does not resign by Friday the governor will act to remove him.? Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, appeared remotely for his first appearance since District Judge […]
Voters in eight Central Kentucky counties must choose a new Supreme Court justice
Two women are vying in Central Kentucky for a seat on the state Supreme Court after the chief justice chose not to seek another term. The candidates are Pamela Goodwine, deputy chief Kentucky Court of Appeals judge, and Erin Izzo, a partner at Lexington law firm Landrum and Shouse. While judicial elections are nonpartisan in […]
Letcher County sheriff awaits arraignment Wednesday on charge of murdering judge
Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, charged with murdering a judge in his chambers last week, will face arraignment Wednesday morning in Carter County. Stines is jailed in the Leslie County Detention Center. And he’s still sheriff of Letcher County. “He still is the sheriff until he would actually resign or be removed,”? said Jerry […]
Did Georgia hospital break federal law by failing to save Amber Thurman? Senator wants to know.
The Georgia hospital that failed to save Amber Thurman may have broken a federal law when doctors there waited 20 hours to perform a procedure criminalized by the state’s abortion ban, according to Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, requires hospitals to provide […]
$5.7 million from federal government will expand opioid treatment in Eastern Kentucky
Two Eastern Kentucky health care providers have received $5.7 million from the Department of Health and Human Services to expand opioid treatment programs.? Westcare Kentucky in Ashcamp and Baptist Healthcare System in Corbin received $3 million and $2.7 million, respectively. The grants will be spread over four years.? They’ll use the funds to “create new […]
Developers of regional shopping center in Frankfort give to Beshear’s super PAC
FRANKFORT — Developers of a large regional shopping center under construction in Frankfort gave $100,000 to Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC in August. It amounts to the largest group of contributions ever reported by the super PAC — called In This Together — which Beshear created in January. In early June Beshear was joined by […]
AG Coleman joins Kentucky farmers in challenging Biden protections for foreign farmworkers
Seven Kentucky farmers last week sued the U.S. Department of Labor to block new federal protections for foreign farmworkers who enter the country on H2-A temporary visas. On Monday Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman joined them, saying the new rule would clear the way for farmworkers in Kentucky to unionize. Also moving to intervene to […]
Lambert to become first woman chief justice of Kentucky Supreme Court
State Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert will become the first woman to be Kentucky’s chief justice starting next year.? Justices on the court selected Lambert to serve as the next chief justice on Monday. She will serve a four-year term starting Jan. 6, 2025, according to an announcement from the Administrative Office […]
Safe storage and minimum age gun laws would curb violence, study says
The deadliest school shooting in Georgia history occurred earlier this month when a 14-year-old gunman, armed with a military-style rifle, killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, a city about an hour northeast of Atlanta. And on Sunday, former President Donald Trump was the target of […]
Highlander Folk School, training ground for civil rights leaders, fights to regain land
This much is not in dispute:?? In 1961, the state of Tennessee took 200 acres of land from Highlander Folk School on Monteagle Mountain in Grundy County. Took, as in confiscated on bogus charges of alcohol sales without a license. But the real reason for the confiscation stemmed from fears of civil rights and union […]