By Muhammad Lukman Saturday, May 13, 2017 Congress elections federal budget federal spending health insurance Medicaid politics Yarmuth says McConnell won't let a health bill get a Senate vote for fear it would backfire on Republican senators Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the U.S. Senate is working on its own health-care bill, but Kentucky's only Democrat in Congress sa...
By Muhammad Lukman Thursday, May 11, 2017 elections health insurance politics Citing Barr's vote for Republican health-care bill, Democrats in Sixth District try to drum up electoral opposition for him next year Colmon Eldridge and Nancy Jo Kemper talked after speaking at the event. A Democratic-oriented political group is trying to drum up oppositio...
By Muhammad Lukman Wednesday, April 5, 2017 cigarettes elections foundations General Assembly health policy legislature lobbying local government philanthropy politics smoking smoking ban smoking bans state government taxes tobacco Foundation plans to be more active against tobacco, since it is the cause of many of Kentucky's health problems As more Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban but the state legislature won't even ban smoking at schools, the Foundation for a Heal...