Lisa Gillespie
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Louisville, KY, United States
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State Rep. Charles Booker Enters Senate Race Against McConnell
Booker talked about policy issues like environmental justice, Medicare For All, the Green New Deal and gun violence. → Read More
New Ky. AG Joins Abortion Opponents In Pivotal Supreme Court Case
Daniel Cameron joined 20 other states in supporting a law requiring doctors who provide abortions to have hospital admitting privileges. → Read More
Baptist Health Louisville Holds Nursing Expo Amid Nationwide Shortage
Over the next six years, state officials predict there will be more than 30,000 openings for nurses in Kentucky. → Read More
Louisville Metro Gives Out Free Radon Testing Kits
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., behind smoking. → Read More
Facing Utility Disconnection? Here's How To Apply For Assistance
Starting on Jan. 6, the application period will be open for residents to apply for financial help to keep their lights and heat on. → Read More
Study: Laws Limiting Opioid Prescriptions Have Mixed Results
The study looked at two states that implemented opioid prescribing deadlines – Massachusetts and Connecticut. → Read More
Study Finds Gyms Are Taking The Place Of Tanning Salons
A new study of 1,927 gyms across 33 states, including Kentucky, found 78 percent of them had at least one tanning bed. → Read More
Beshear Officially Abandons Bevin's Changes To Kentucky Medicaid
Governor Andy Beshear will not move forward with former Governor Matt Bevin’s controversial changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program. → Read More
Flu Cases Uptick In Kentucky, With Four Deaths
State officials say the four people who have died from the flu all had other health conditions and hadn’t received the flu shot. → Read More
Have Medicaid And Confused? Here's What to Know
About 435,130 Kentuckians currently have Medicaid through Passport and Anthem, both of which recently lost out on contract renewals. → Read More
Anthem Kentucky Formally Challenges Removal From Medicaid Program
Anthem Kentucky has submitted its appeal to the state protesting its exclusion from the Medicaid contracts issued two weeks ago. → Read More
Beshear Touches On Health Insurance, Drug Prices In Inaugural Address
In his inaugural address, Gov. Andy Beshear addressed two of the core issues he campaigned on: health care insurance and the cost of drugs. → Read More
Lawmakers Vote Against Kentucky Medicaid Contracts
Bevin’s administration awarded contracts to five companies to administer Medicaid benefits, excluding Anthem of Kentucky and Passport Health. → Read More
Book On Early Christianity Inclusiveness Wins Grawemeyer Award
Religious scholar Stephen Patterson's book examines how early Christianity was a force of solidarity rather than division. → Read More
Immigrants Sue Ky. Over Block To Open Home Health Care For Refugees
Two businessmen who immigrated to the U.S. from Nepal are suing Kentucky, challenging a law that some say allows monopolies to form. → Read More
With Bevin Leaving Office, What's Next For Passport?
Bevin's administration decided to drop Passport Health as a Medicaid provider, but the company will appeal to the new Beshear administration. → Read More
Reflections On An Interfaith Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving isn’t necessarily about religion. But religion provides a landing spot for so many Americans to rest their beliefs. → Read More
Curious Louisville: Do White Outer Lines Make Roads Safer?
Why do some roads have them and some don't? Who decides? → Read More
Jewish Hospital To Pay $10 Million In Federal Settlement Alleging Fraud
The initial federal lawsuit alleges Jewish Hospital illegally profited from prescriptions filled in the hospital’s in-house pharmacy. → Read More
Obesity In Some Kentucky Toddlers On Decline
Obesity rates have lowered slightly among Kentucky toddlers whose moms get food assistance from a federal program. → Read More