Day: September 16, 2011
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Bullitt judge strikes down health board’s smoking ban; could lead to decision with statewide impact, if appealed
A Bullitt County judge has extinguished a countywide smoking ban that was supposed to go into effect Monday, saying the county health board overstepped its authority. The ruling could lead...
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Last year, 17.4 percent of Kentuckians lived in poverty and 17.5 percent did not have health insurance
More than one in six Kentuckians lived in poverty last year and almost exactly the same number didn’t have health insurance, preliminary U.S. Census numbers show. The state’s poverty rate was 17.4...