Kentucky
Friday, June 13, 2025
Experts: Cutting energy assistance is deadly blow to eastern Kentucky
Thousands of Kentucky families face utility disconnections this summer, and the latest budget reconciliation bill would eliminate the Low-Income Home …
Thursday, June 12, 2025
End of hospital emergency abortion care rule will affect rural KY women
Abortion rights advocates in Kentucky are concerned as the Department of Health and Human Services has revoked a policy requiring hospitals to provide…
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
KY teachers: Just say 'no' to national school voucher program
Congress is considering a bill which would for the first time create a nationalized school voucher program, redirecting billions in federal funding …
Report: KY has made progress on child well-being
Kentucky kids are now faring better than they were before the pandemic but one of five live in poverty, according to the 2025 Kids Count Data Book …
Disaster recovery workshops slated for eastern KY small business owners
As eastern Kentucky communities attempt to bounce back from a string of natural disasters, more small businesses are struggling to get back on their …
Medicaid cuts would risk opioid treatment access for KY
As Congress continues to push for cuts and additional work requirements for Medicaid eligibility, experts warn more Kentuckians could lose access to …
Harm reduction efforts led to drop in overdose deaths among Black Kentuckians
Kentucky's latest drug overdose fatality report showed a drop in deaths and for the first time, a decline in deaths among Black Kentuckians. Groups …
Lack of vital records creates barriers for KY youth aging out of foster care
May is National Foster Care Month, and Kentucky youth aging out of the system continue to experience high levels of housing instability and …
Experts: Loss of federal mining program could harm workers, researchers
Loss of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Mining Program will reverse decades of progress in preventing disease, injury and …
Imprisoning KY parents has worsened foster care crisis
May is National Foster Care Month, and Kentucky advocacy groups across the political spectrum say the state hasn't done enough to keep kids out of …
Report: Kentucky among highest in nation for rural women on Medicaid
Congress is considering a proposal to slash $880 billion in Medicaid funding and experts said the cuts would be devastating for maternal and infant he…
Tornado strikes Kentucky, leaving at least 18 dead
After a devastating tornado ripped through southeastern Kentucky last Friday and Saturday, Gov. Andy Beshear asked for a federal disaster declaration …