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Bill filed to keep guns from those judged to be mentally ill

Bill filed to keep guns from those judged to be mentally ill

Michael King 4:56 AM Add Comment guns, legislation, mental health, mental illness Edit
Keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill is the aim of House Bill 308 , which was filed last week by Rep. Bob Damron, D-Nicholasvil...
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More Kentucky children are insured under KCHIP, Medicaid; groups commend effort, ask for improvements

More Kentucky children are insured under KCHIP, Medicaid; groups commend effort, ask for improvements

Michael King 4:50 AM Add Comment children, KCHIP, Medicaid Edit
In the two years since the national Children's Health Insurance Program was reauthorized, about 51,700 children have been enrolled in Ke...
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Systems that track pseudoephedrine sales do not necessarily curb meth making, experiences of Ky. and other states show

Systems that track pseudoephedrine sales do not necessarily curb meth making, experiences of Ky. and other states show

Michael King 4:46 AM Add Comment drug abuse, methamphetamine, smurfing Edit
Systems that track the sale of the key ingredient used to make methamphetamine have not decreased the manufacture of the highly addictive dr...
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Governor undecided on meds-for-meth bill, says time hasn't come for state smoking ban, but may back nursing-home legislation

Governor undecided on meds-for-meth bill, says time hasn't come for state smoking ban, but may back nursing-home legislation

Michael King 2:00 PM Add Comment drugs, General Assembly, governor, legislation, meth, methamphetamine, smoking, smoking ban, smoking ordinances, tobacco Edit
By Al Cross Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Gov. Steve Beshear says he hasn't made up his mind about the bill that w...
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Nearly $45,000 awarded to three projects that help combat childhood obesity

Nearly $45,000 awarded to three projects that help combat childhood obesity

Michael King 11:11 AM Add Comment Blue Grass Community Foundation, childhood obesity, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Edit
Nearly $45,000 from the Blue Grass Community Foundation and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is being invested in three projects that targ...
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Bill would keep abusers of elderly from inheriting from them

Bill would keep abusers of elderly from inheriting from them

Michael King 11:05 AM Add Comment elderly abuse, legislation Edit
Someone who abuses an elderly person would no longer be able to inherit the departed's assets. That is the aim of House Bill 52 , which ...
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Morehead substance-abuse center gets $250,000 grant

Morehead substance-abuse center gets $250,000 grant

Michael King 11:02 AM Add Comment drug treatment, substance abuse Edit
The Morehead Inspiration Center , a substance-abuse rehabilitation facility, has received $250,000 from the state, funds that will be used t...
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