Morgan Watkins
Health reporter with Louisville Public Media-
A state Senate resolution claiming Jan. 6th protesters have been wrongfully “held without due process,” appears stalled in the Judiciary committee.
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A pregnant Kentuckian filed a class-action lawsuit against Kentucky’s ban on abortion, saying it violates her constitutional rights. This is the first such class-action lawsuit brought against Kentucky’s bans since abortion was outlawed in the state last year.
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The Kentucky Hospital Association and a team of partners are working on solutions to the state’s shortage of nurses and other health care workers. New research sheds light on the problem.
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Kentucky's attorney general is often called the state's chief law enforcement officer. The AG plays an important role in overseeing the state's prosecutorial system, and defending state laws.
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During his campaign for governor, Cameron has repeatedly said he supports Kentucky’s near-total “trigger” ban on abortion as it currently stands.
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Parents weren’t the only ones upset by Jefferson County Public Schools’ disastrous transportation problems this week. Republican state lawmakers want the legislature to step in with new policy changes.
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The ban was briefly blocked by a district court judge, but he reversed his decision a couple of weeks ago.
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Wilt suffered a traumatic brain injury on April 10, when he and other officers arrived at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville to stop a mass shooting.
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The 20 gender-affirming care bans states have passed are undergoing intense legal scrutiny and testing federal courts in new ways, setting up battles that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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SB 150 prohibits doctors from providing hormone therapy, including estrogen or testosterone treatment and medication that delays puberty, to patients under 18 years old. That portion of the law was set to take effect Thursday.