Michael D. Murray: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A
UKNow UKNow is highlighting the University of Kentucky’s 2025-26 University Research Professors. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorship program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of...
State health initiative focuses on addiction and harm reduction in July
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News The focus of July’s “Our Healthy Kentucky Home” initiative is substance use disorder, otherwise known as addiction, and harm reduction. “More than 80,000 people...
LEX18: Addiction recovery centers adjusting to payment cuts, calling the cuts ‘detrimental’ to client care
Cuts to Medicaid from the insurance companies that are hired to manage them will be “detrimental” to the recovery community, according to Isaiah House, Kentucky’s largest non-profit addiction recovery...
Project scheduled for Mt. Sterling in Montgomery County
Improvements for Main Street and the Maysville Road Intersection LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 14, 2025) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists of a scheduled improvement project for Mt. Sterling. The...
Avoid smoking for heart health; here are some tips to help you quit
By Dr. Peter HaighUniversity of Kentucky We have known for decades that smoking tobacco is bad for your health. Quitting smoking is probably the single best change a person...
Ohio Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession
For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky COVINGTON, Ky. – A Cincinnati, Ohio, man, Anthony Wynn, 33, was sentenced on Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge David...
Why US should not abandon its debt to Appalachia
The Trump administration’s proposal to slash Appalachian Regional Commission funding by 93% — from over $200 million to just $14 million — threatens to dismantle one of the last...
University of Louisville shuts down employee groups in response to Kentucky anti-diversity law
The University of Louisville has disbanded the UofL Women’s Network and four other employee groups in response to a new state law. A former president of one of the...
Kentucky among 18 states that block cities from enacting paid leave standards
Across most of the South and Midwest, state laws bar local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave, effectively stripping cities of the power to enact their...
Kentucky revenue up less than 1% for the year as sales, income taxes come in below expectations
FRANKFORT — Kentucky state government revenue grew by only a fraction of 1% in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The Office of State Budget Director reports that...
