Even with the General Assembly finally done for the year, the news keeps coming.
Calling for higher pay and access to more comprehensive health care for graduate workers, members of the University of Kentucky union marched across campus on Wednesday afternoon. Marching to chants of “Poverty wages have got to go,” the group of around 100 people delivered a copy of a petition to UK President Eli Capilouto’s office, although Capilouto was not in his office at the time. Among other requests, the petition calls for a $20,000 minimum stipend per academic year for graduate employees, as well as annual increases to the stipend, and comprehensive health insurance for graduate employees, including dental and vision coverage. The petition had more than 600 signatures in support, according to the union. (Herald-Leader)
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has asked a federal judge not to grant a temporary restraining order against a new restrictive abortion law. Planned Parenthood filed documents in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the law and asking judges to temporarily block it. They have argued that the law means a de facto ban on abortion in Kentucky, since they can’t immediately comply with new requirements.
Cameron said in his response Tuesday that Planned Parenthood’s argument on this is faulty because “...
Amid a swirl of public speculation and growing concern, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has firmly rejected claims that it spent a staggering GH9 million on a turkey berry production project, de...