Let’s start paying Lexington Councilmembers $100K per year to attract better candidates
Editors Note (Oct. 17, 2024) – In light of recent events, we are republishing this editorial. It was originally published on January 10, 2024. In Lexington, several incumbent councilmembers...
Lexington City Council to consider $400,000 aid for homeless families with schoolchildren
LEXINGTON, Ky.–The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council is set to consider a measure that would allocate $400,000 to provide housing stability services and pay rent assistance on behalf of homeless...
Bills aim to stop people from coming to Ky. to have Medicaid pay for addiction treatment; programs could have to get them home
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill aimed at preventing people from coming to Kentucky solely to establish residency so that they can sign up for drug treatment to...
How Will Lexington’s Economy Grow Over the Next Two Years?
In Tuesday’s Budget, Finance, and Economic Development (BFED) Committee, Councilmembers will hear two presentations on Lexington’s industry, workforce, and tax revenue growth. They will also hear a Monthly Budget...
Opioid epidemic is in a ‘fourth wave,’ with multiple substances being used at the same time, and fentanyl is the most common
By Colleen DeGuzmanKFF Health News The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not only placing drug users at greater...
President’s brother promoted the failed hospital chain that ran Pineville’s community hospital into the ground, Politico reports
Kentucky Health News In May 2017, three men came to Pineville, Ky., the Bell County seat of 1,700 people, looking for business from Pineville Community Hospital, which had just...
Madison County Board of Adjustments tables conditional use permit request for proposed new distillery
Originally published by WEKU. A bid to build a craft distillery and rickhouses to store the whiskey it produces in Madison County was put on hold last Thursday night....
Funding the Future: Lexington’s Dilemma of Parks Versus People
During a legislative luncheon in Frankfort on February 7, First District Councilmember Tayna Fogle made a poignant observation about the priorities of Lexington city leaders. “We have parks, dog...
Half of rural hospitals lose money; firm says 418 could close; Ky. not a leader except in Medicare Advantage, which is a threat
Kentucky Health News Rural hospitals are in more trouble than ever, and 418 of them are “vulnerable to closure,” according to a study of their finances by Chartis, a...
Eastern Ky. towns fight to recover from opioid epidemic, with help from newcomers and recovering addicts, national author reports
By Sam QuinonesRepublished from The Free Press In early 2020, Mandi Fugate Sheffel, 42, opened a tiny bookstore in her hometown of Hazard. Everyone thought she was crazy. Downtown...