FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Dr. Steven Stack has been named commissioner of Kentucky’s Department for Public Health. Stack is an emergency physician at Saint Joseph Hospital East in Lexington. He has also worked at other Kentucky hospitals and in Tennessee and Ohio. He is also a former president of the American Medical Association. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal agency has proposed designating habitat areas for two protected crayfish species in the coalfields of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. The proposal announced Monday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would protect 362 stream miles for the Big Sandy crayfish and 83 miles for the Guyandotte River crayfish. According to the Center for…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky House Republican leaders have introduced sweeping legislation aimed at shifting more people off public assistance and into the workforce. The measure, introduced Monday, is designated a top priority as House Bill 1. House GOP leaders say it takes aim at a long-running problem _ the state’s low workforce participation rate. The bill seeks to resolve situations…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill to require doctors and other health workers to provide life-sustaining care for an infant born alive after a failed abortion attempt. The measure sailed through the Senate on a 32-0 vote Monday. It heads to the House next. It’s the latest in a series of abortion-related bills to surface in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Senate has passed legislation to require that police officers be armed when assigned to schools. The bill cleared the Senate on a 34-1 vote Monday and now goes to the House. The measure is a follow-up to last year’s sweeping school safety law. That law did not specify whether school police officers needed to carry…
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) U.S. stocks are closing with sharp losses as investors worry about the potential economic impact of the outbreak of a new virus from China. The declines in the U.S. followed a sell-off in markets in Europe and Japan. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 453 points, or 1.6%, to 28,535. The S&P 500 index fell 51…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — School choice advocates in Kentucky have renewed their push to create scholarship tax credits for private schools. The proposal continues to run into strong resistance from public school supporters. The state’s governor, Democrat Andy Beshear, also opposes the proposal. The legislation would give tax credits to people or businesses donating to scholarship funds for special-needs…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The president and CEO of Kentucky Lottery Corp. will be stepping down in March. Tom Delacenserie said in a statement that his retirement from the position will be effective March 6. Delacenserie took the role in 2017 and in that time span lottery sales increased from about $1 billion to more than $1.1 billion. The lottery…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education has chosen a new chairman. He is Ben Brandstetter of Hebron. He replaces outgoing Chairman Sherrill Zimmerman of Prospect. Brandstetter is president of Brandstetter Carroll Inc., a national architectural and engineering firm. The council said in a news release Kimberley Halbauer of Fort Thomas was chosen as vice chairwoman. Halbaurer…
LOS ANGELES – Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41. A person familiar with the situation tells the AP that Bryant died in a crash near Calabasas, California. It was unclear if other family members were on the helicopter. Bryant was an 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of…
