Day: January 16, 2016
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Seeing statewide smoking ban unlikely, Grayson County group asked Fiscal Court for a local one; only one magistrate favored it
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The efforts to pass smoking bans in Kentucky continue on three fronts: in the General Assembly, for a statewide ban; with local governments, for...
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Bill requiring high-school students to learn CPR goes to Senate floor; House has passed similar legislation in previous sessions
UPDATE: SB33 passed the state House on consent March 28 and now heads to the governor’s desk for his signature. UPDATE: SB33 passed the state Senate on Jan. 28 by...
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Medicaid revision will involve the old struggle between personal responsibility and how to care for the poor, C-J reporters write
Kentucky has been a national testing ground for federal health reform, but “may soon test something more fundamental – the age-old struggle to balance personal responsibility with the obligation to...