UK president bemoans "draconian" cuts, performance-based funding before House budget subcommittee, but Bevin says he won't budge
02/11/2016 11:21 PM
FRANKFORT — Gov. Matt Bevin’s budget proposal will be felt by students, faculty and staff at the University of Kentucky if the governor’s proposed cuts are enacted by the General Assembly, UK President Eli Capilouto told lawmakers on the House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education Thursday. Capilouto challenged lawmakers to think of the university as “an economic engine that deserves more investment, not less.” He noted the institution’s work in cancer research and substance abuse treatment, and he said a... Read more 
New group formed by former Gov. Beshear looks to defend health initiatives that Gov. Bevin wants to shutter, amend
02/11/2016 09:04 PM
Former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, two months out of office, said Thursday that his conscience would not allow him to “ride off into the sunset” as he unveiled a nonprofit group that will advocate to retain federal health reforms he enacted. Save Kentucky Healthcare, a 501(c )(4) organization, will be launching an online advertising campaign, said Beshear, who cited myriad statistics in defense of kynect, the state-based health exchange, and Medicaid expansion, such as the drop in uninsured rates across the... Read more
Senate's priority education reform bill passes education committee
02/11/2016 05:34 PM
FRANKFORT — The state Senate’s top priority bill, which would change the way the state would review their educational standards and how schools and students would be evaluated, cleared the Senate Education Committee on Thursday. Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Sen. Mike Wilson, passed by a 9-3 vote with the three Democrats on the committee — Senate Minority Caucus Chairman Gerald Neal, D-Louisville; Sen. Reggie Thomas, D-Lexington; and Sen. Johnny Ray Turner, D-Prestonsburg — voting “no.” The bill looks to do away... Read more
State Normal School for Colored People is what it was called in 1886, when three teachers and 55 students became the second state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky. One hundred thirty years and five name changes later, Kentucky State University, the school I attended and love, is in danger of closing due to proposed budget cuts by newly elected Governor Matt Bevin. The proposed 13.5 percent cut over two years would cripple the Historically Black University in Frankfort that has been in financial distress for several years. University President Raymond Burse said he thinks K-State is the “victim of [...]
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It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, when expectations are sky-high and so are restaurant prices. Skip the “romantic” dinner and take your beloved out to hear some music, see a film, or even do something together (gasp!) as a family. The Louisville Orchestra hosts Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth on Saturday night for a Valentine’s concert, and if you’re a Broadway fan, you’ve probably got your ticket already. Chenoweth is known for her work in “Wicked” and on “Glee,” although my daughter knows her as the co-host of last year’s Tony Awards with Alan Cumming. (What can I say? It’s all part of her [...]
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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s efforts to reshape the state’s approach to the Affordable Care Act have led to a political battle of governors unprecedented in recent state history. On Thursday, former Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, launched a political nonprofit organization to advocate for key policies implemented by his administration, which ended in December. Those policies included an expansion of Medicaid and the creation of a state health insurance exchange, called Kynect. Both policies are being threatened by Bevin’s administration, which is seeking to add new stipulations to Medicaid enrollment and to dismantle Kynect, instead sending Kentuckians to the federal health care exchange. Beshear’s [...]
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