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Ky. weighed politics, medicine in inmate's surgery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics and even the possibility of inviting scorn from Fox News pundits. Emails...
Tags: Judges, Hips, Hospitals and Clinics, Prisons, Human Body
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7 education groups weigh in on school funding
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Seven education advocacy groups have joined forces to urge Gov. Steve Beshear and lawmakers to provide more funding to public schools. The Kentucky Education Action Team called on state leaders Wednesday to restore basic...Tags: Schools, Public Schools
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Indiana exempted from 'No Child Left Behind' requirements
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind. The goal was lofty: Get all children up to par in math and reading by 2014. But the nation isn't getting there, and now some states are getting out. In a sign of...Tags: Teachers, Culture, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Science
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John David Dyche: Medicaid expansion: evidence and alternatives
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s decision to expand Medicaid came mere days after the most significant study of the issue concluded that extending Medicaid coverage to the previously uninsured “generated no significant improvements in...Tags: Barack Obama, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mitt Romney, Government Health Care, Health Insurance
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Jessamine law-enforcement agencies yet to ticket anyone for texting while driving
aorwick@jessaminejournal.comSince House Bill 415, known as the texting while driving law, was signed into law by Gov. Steve Beshear in April 2011, the Nicholasville Police Department and Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office have yet to issue a warning or citation in violation...Tags: Judges, Fines, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Justice System
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John David Dyche: Beshear wrong to expand Medicaid
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is expanding Medicaid eligibility by executive fiat. His action is wrong in several respects. About one of every five Kentuckians is already on Medicaid, the joint federal — and state health care program for low...Tags: Government Health Care, Politics, Regional Authority, Health Insurance, Finance
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Reception set Thursday in Danville for Fran X Walker
The public is invited to a hometown reception for Danville native Frank X Walker. It is set for 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Boyle County Public Library. Walker was inducted earlier this month as Kentucky Poet Laureate for 2013-14 by Gov. Steve Beshear....
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Boyle County sees increase in tourist spending
Boyle County saw a 5.6 percent increase in tourism spending during 2012, according to an annual survey by the Kentucky Department of Travel. The survey, released earlier this week, examines the expenditure, employment and tax impacts generated by the...
Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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John David Dyche: Grimes makes her case for U.S. Senate run
If Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat, decides to run against incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell for the U. S. Senate next year, her announcement might go something like this ... if she is completely candid. The scene: a...Tags: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics, Ronald Reagan, Illegal Immigrants
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John David Dyche: Kentucky still lagging in race between states
If you are visiting Kentucky for Derby, welcome. Good luck handicapping the horses. Here is your political tip sheet on our beloved commonwealth. Kentucky does some things brilliantly. Basketball, Bluegrass music, bourbon, and thoroughbreds are among...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Regional Authority, National Government, Parties and Movements
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Lincoln Board of Ed poised to raise dropout age to 18
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — Lincoln County is aiming to earn a $10,000 bonus for becoming one of the first school districts in the state to require school attendance by 17- and 18-year-olds. The Lincoln County Board of Education unanimously voted April 11 to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Students
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Sunday alcohol sales doesn't necessarily mean more DUIs
Journal ColumnistLater this year, the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will turn 80 years old. And although Kentucky was the 33rd state to ratify the amendment, our ratification occurred alongside the implementation of a confusing amalgam of state laws designed...Tags: Business, Crime, Law and Justice, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Laws
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