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Fentanyl is now the leading cause of overdose deaths in Kentucky. The state Office of Drug Control Policy says fentanyl was involved in over 70% of the 2,250 overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2021. -
Opponents of the legislation say calls for “parents’ rights” and to “protect children” reveal a modern American belief in childhood ignorance.
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The Kentucky Legislature’s GOP supermajorities can nix Beshear’s veto. If that happens, the ACLU of Kentucky indicated it will probably sue to try to block the bill.
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Kentucky law is supposed to insulate the state’s education commissioner and board from politics. But the position has become a political battleground in recent years as governors and lawmakers fight over control.
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The main thing people with Medicaid coverage can do to prepare for the change is update their contact information with the state.
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U.S. Geological Survey Research biologist Todd Katzner said Bernheim’s work helps serve as a foundation for a conservation plan for the eastern population of golden eagles. x4“The work that Bernheim is doing is really critical to understanding where these birds are living, what they are eating,” Katzner said.
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For people in rural communities and small cities like Pikeville, social stigma or prejudice in addition to distress surrounding their gender identity can contribute to heightened mental health risks.
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says President Joe Biden's administration has failed to secure the Southern border, and is responsible for the massive influx of illicit fentanyl into the United States.
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A Lexington Special Olympics track team looking for a place to practice with days left to register for next month’s regionals found it. Mark Buerger, the communications director for Special Olympics Kentucky, said it’s often difficult for teams to find a place where they can train.
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Governor Beshear signs House Bill 75.
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EKU president David McFaddin discusses HB 542
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Steve Lutz joins the Hilltoppers after a successful stint at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
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PFAS chemicals have been found throughout the Ohio River. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet found the chemicals in 90% of rivers and lakes they sampled and in every fish they tested.
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Kentucky lawmakers have spent a lot of time talking about the state’s teacher shortage this legislative session. So what did they do toaddress the issue?Jefferson County Teachers’ Association President Brent McKim said some bills around licensure and student behavior may aid schools in hiring and retention, but other measures limiting academic freedom could make the state’s teacher shortage evenworse.
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Amid culture war clashes over LGBTQ-inclusive school policies, Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that would give the GOP-controlled Senate the power to confirm or deny the state’s education commissioner.
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Western Kentucky University has its new men’s head basketball coach.The school announced Saturday that it’s hired Steve Lutz to take over the program.
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Warren Central High School is celebrating the school’s win in the Kentucky boy’s Sweet 16 basketball championship.The Dragons beat George Rogers Clark Saturday night, in a rematch of last year’s titlematch-up won by GRC.
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