Tag: local government
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NYC deeply split on Bloomberg plan to ban supersize sodas
Bloomberg with Linda I. Gibbs, deputy mayor for health.(New York Times photo by Chang W. Lee) In a bold move to curb obesity, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban the...
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How to take local action to improve health at the local level is outlined at Frankfort conference
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A recipe for how to improve health at the local level in Kentucky was the capstone of a day-long seminar in Frankfort Monday, with...
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Floyd County woman is Kentucky’s smoke-free advocate of year
For her work spreading the word about second-hand smoke and founding the coalition that ultimately helped Prestonsburg pass a smoke-free ordinance in 2009, Floyd County’s Jean V. Rosenberg was named...
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Mayor will propose smoking ban in Hopkinsville, largest Kentucky city without one
The largest Kentucky city that has not banned smoking in public places may change that. Hopkinsville Mayor Dan Kemp’s proposal “fundamentally resembles Lexington’s ban,” reports Nick Tabor for the Kentucky...
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In 11-1 vote, Somerset passes comprehensive smoking ban
Lighting up in Somerset, once a big tobacco town, will no longer be allowed in all enclosed public places. The city council voted 11-1 Monday evening to pass a smoking-ban...
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Recession has hit health departments hard: 23,000 jobs (15%) lost, core funding cut
Funding and job cuts as a result of the economic recession have weakened the impact public health departments have on their communities, says a series of articles published in the...
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In front-page editorial, rural weekly in Adair County demands that board members of county-owned hospital resign
In our experience, most weekly newspapers don’t have editorial pages, much less editorials, so when one puts an editorial on the front page and also runs an editorial about the...
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Hopkinsville newspaper endorses smoking ban
The Kentucky New Era newspaper in Hopkinsville said in a recent editorial that if the state legislature doesn’t enact a smoking ban, the city should. The General Assembly “should not...
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Johnson County focus of C-J series on docs, prescription abuse
The second day of The Courier-Journal‘s investigation into prescription drug abuse and the role of doctors looks at Johnson County, ranked 11th in the state for drug overdose deaths despite...
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Corbin City Commission enacts smoking ban
The Corbin City Commission passed an ordinance this week to ban smoking in all enclosed public areas and enclosed public buildings. The ordinance will also require smokers to remain at...