Diabetes advocates bristle at loss of line-item appropriation for prevention in budget, but officials say money exists in base funding
04/24/2016 03:03 PM
Two former chairmen of the American Diabetes Association say Gov. Matt Bevin and legislative leaders erred in keeping a $5.2 million line-item appropriation out of the budget, but an official in Bevin’s administration says funds are included in the base appropriation to public health for diabetes prevention. The dust-up emerged Friday after Stewart Perry and Larry Smith, both of whom also serve on the National Diabetes Volunteer Leadership Council, penned an editorial criticizing the budget’s apparent lack of funding for... Read more 
McConnell, Bevin among 25 picked as delegates for Republican National Convention in July
04/23/2016 10:45 PM
LEXINGTON — Kentucky Republicans elected the final 50 delegates and alternates to this year’s Republican National Convention, choosing U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, Gov. Matt Bevin, Congressman Hal Rogers and others during Saturday’s state convention. Despite some slight bumps, the slate of 25 delegates and 25 alternates cleared the convention on the first ballot, a feat the Republican presidential nominee may not match when delegates converge on Cleveland July 18. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump holds 845... Read more
Chelsea Clinton headlining fundraiser in Frankfort at Crit Luallen's home
04/23/2016 04:39 PM
Chelsea Clinton is headlining a fundraiser to support her mother’s campaign at the home of former Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen next week. On April 29 at a time to be determined, Clinton will meet with guests at an event hosted by Luallen and Jennifer Moore, the former chairwoman of the Kentucky Democratic Party and board chair of Emerge Kentucky. At the fundraiser, co-hosts who contribute $1,000 can take part in a host reception with Clinton. Host-level contributors who give $2,700 are... Read more
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Gray drops first campaign ad
04/22/2016 12:37 PM
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Gray is launching his first television buy of the 2016 campaign with an ad highlighting his business sense. The Lexington mayor’s first ad is entitled “American Dream” and promotes the growth of Gray Construction after the candidate’s involvement with the family enterprise. “We grew Gray Construction from a million dollar business to over a billion dollar in sales a year,” Gray says in the ad, which is running on cable and broadcast across Kentucky. The... Read more
The Ted Cruz and John Kasich campaigns announced apparent coordinated strategies to combat Donald Trump in select upcoming primaries — an effort to force an open convention when the Republican National Committee gathers in Cleveland in July. In a statement sent out Sunday evening, the Cruz campaign said it will focus resources on Indiana, “and in turn clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico.” Kasich’s camp offered an inverse statement within minutes, saying it will “give the Cruz campaign a clear path in Indiana” while focusing on New Mexico and Oregon. Both campaigns called on their allies [...]
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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer will release a draft of a long-awaited study on the city’s urban heat island today. The study by Brian Stone of Georgia Tech — one of the foremost UHI researchers in the country — lays out quantitative ways Louisville can reduce the disparities between temperatures in urban and outlying rural areas. The term “urban heat island” refers to the difference in temperature between the two areas; Stone’s research has previously found that Louisville has one of the fastest-growing heat islands in the country. The heat island is a nuisance for some, but for others, it’s a dangerous situation. Stone estimated [...]
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More than one out of every 10 Kentucky children have a parent who is incarcerated, the highest percentage in the nation, according to a study released Monday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Parental incarceration has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the “adverse childhood experiences” that contributes to health problems later in life. One group in Louisville is working to mitigate that damage, and they’re using art to do it. On a recent Sunday evening in the basement of the Hall of Justice, at Sixth and Liberty streets in downtown Louisville, artist Mari Mujica worked with a 6-year-old boy who [...]
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