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Addiction recovery company under FBI investigation reducing staff, blames reimbursement cuts
Kentucky’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is cutting staff and restructuring some services, citing significant cuts in Medicaid reimbursement from the government health plan that covers almost all of its clients. Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, based in Louisa, said in a statement Thursday that, as a result of cuts in payment for […]
Additional security will be in place for Jan. 6, 2025 certification of presidential vote
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police are welcoming a special security designation from the Department of Homeland Security for Jan. 6, 2025, when Congress will gather to certify the Electoral College vote count for the winner of the presidential election. The last time Congress undertook the responsibility, a pro-Trump mob attacked the building, eventually breaking […]
Federal officials say no sign bird flu is spreading among humans, despite Missouri case
WASHINGTON — Public health officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident contracted bird flu without having any contact with infected animals, but said Thursday there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission taking place in small enclaves or in a more widespread manner. The Missouri case marked the 14th person to contract highly […]
Democrats introduce resolution stating U.S. House support for emergency abortion care
WASHINGTON —? U.S. House Democrats introduced a resolution Thursday that would clarify when health care providers can use abortion as emergency medical care amid a patchwork of state laws that have led to dozens of stories of women being turned away from emergency departments when experiencing complications or miscarriages. The two-page resolution would express “the […]
States are pushing back with anti-labor laws as union popularity grows, policy experts say
Growing union organizing across the country has triggered an anti-labor legislative response in some states, but cities and counties are increasingly pushing back, a new report found. The report, released this month?by the New York University Wagner Labor Initiative and Local Progress Impact Lab, a group for local elected officials focused on economic and racial […]
Harris’ historic presidential run uplifts Congressional Black Caucus annual? conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Buoyed by the prospect that one of their own could make history as the first woman elected president, the Congressional Black Caucus converged on the nation’s capital Wednesday for its annual conference of elected officials, allies and leaders in business, education and health care. Vice President Kamala Harris, who formally accepted the […]
‘Three to one’: Republicans protest presidential debate fact checking as unfair to Trump
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans complained Wednesday that the previous night’s ABC News presidential debate was unfair toward the GOP nominee. But the campaigns of Trump and the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, also engaged via the news media about the possibility of a second debate before the […]
GOP U.S. senators push to tie voter ID bill to government funding
WASHINGTON — A handful of U.S. Senate Republicans called Wednesday for the chamber to pass a bill to keep the government open that would also require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections to deter voting by people who are not citizens, something that is rare and already illegal. Republican Sens. Rick […]
Threats to election workers as November nears detailed at congressional hearing?
WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Administration Committee at a Wednesday hearing argued that legislation to bar people from voting who are not citizens — something already illegal — is what’s needed to prepare for the November elections. But Democratic secretaries of state in battleground states told committee members they are more concerned about the […]
On the 23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, victims and first responders honored
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris honored victims on the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when four hijacked commercial airliners crashed into New York City’s Twin Towers, a Pennsylvania field and the Pentagon, shocking the world and precipitating years of U.S. war targeting extremists. Biden and […]
Beshear names former Democratic state lawmaker to board regulating utilities in Kentucky
A former elected official from Eastern Kentucky who was part of Democratic leadership in the Kentucky House has been appointed to a powerful board regulating Kentucky utilities.?? Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear named John Will Stacy of West Liberty, a state representative from 1993 to 2015, to the three-member Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC). Stacy was […]
U.S. House speaker withdraws spending bill that would require ID to register to vote?
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a six-month stopgap spending bill from heading to the floor for a vote Wednesday, scuttling efforts by the GOP to show solidarity behind their plan, which included a provision requiring ID to register to vote in federal elections. The spending bill, released by House Republicans last week […]