Curtailing some trips and cleaning more: Fayette schools prepare for coronavirus.
Lexington public school officials are monitoring school board-approved staff and student travel, “curtailing trips to areas of elevated risk,” and putting an increased emphasis on cleaning schools as a result … Click to Continue »
Actress Jennifer Garner visits Happy, Ky., says children in state have ‘heart and grit.’
Actress Jennifer Garner read to school children in Perry County this week during a visit on behalf of the Save the Children organization and in a speech at the General … Click to Continue »
Beshear’s new Ky. Board of Education could be gutted by this bill. It is moving forward.
Senate President Robert Stivers’ legislation that could gut Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s remake of the Kentucky Board of Education received approval from a legislative committee Thursday. The Senate Education Committee … Click to Continue &raqu…
Bill to prohibit reorganizing board of education through executive order
Senate President, Robert Stivers introduces Senate Bill 10, which would not allow future governors to reorganize the Kentucky Board of Education through an executive order. … Click to Continue »
UK’s new food hall will be the first place on campus to get a beer
The new food hall coming to the University of Kentucky campus has a name. And something that no other place on campus has: Beer. The university announced on Thursday that … Click to Continue »
Suicides of Ky. superintendent’s daughter, Lexington student motivate lawmakers to act
A Kentucky superintendent whose daughter died by suicide last year and a Lexington school social worker whose family friend lost a Fayette child the same way persuaded lawmakers Tuesday to … Click to Continue »
University of Kentucky would open cannabis research center with $4M in state cash
A bill establishing the Kentucky Center for Cannabis Research at the University of Kentucky to advance study of cannabis use for medical treatment received tentative approval Tuesday from a legislative … Click to Continue »
University of Kentucky secures $66 million for new USDA research lab
The University of Kentucky has secured nearly $66 million in federal money to build a new U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle and equine research lab. The location of the new … Click to Continue »
Former Kentucky education commissioner in running for head of schools in Louisiana
A former Kentucky head of education has applied to lead schools in Louisiana. Former Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne D. Lewis Jr. is one of more than 20 who have applied … Click to Continue »
‘Elections matter.’ Judge turns down injunction request from old KY Board of Education.
U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove on Thursday ruled against seven former members asking for an emergency injunction that would stop the work of the new Kentucky Board of … Click to Continue »
65 days in intensive care for KY House leader ‘tough on the mind as well as the body.’
For more than 65 days, Kentucky House Majority Floor Leader John “Bam” Carney has battled a severe case of pancreatitis and infection in the intensive care unit at Norton Hospital … Click to Continue »
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