Medicaid work requirement changes could further depress Kentucky communities
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Some Kentucky lawmakers want to make it mandatory for some Medicaid participants in Kentucky…
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Kentucky communities address Adverse Childhood Experiences to prevent substance-use disorders
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Communities across the Commonwealth want to minimize traumatic experiences for the state’s youngest residents…
Kentucky Chamber Foundation opens applications for second annual Fair Chance Academy
Kentucky employers can apply now through January 6 for The Kentucky Chamber Foundation Workforce Recovery Program’s second annual Fair Chance…
Commentary: There is no urban-rural divide in the need to tackle substance use disorders
The Rural/Urban divide is an issue that has a considerable impact on the politics and policies of Kentucky. Though there…
Unshame KY campaign to reduce stigma associated with drug addiction shows promising results
A campaign to reduce stigma associated with substance-use disorders has shown it can change attitudes and beliefs about people with…
Ashley Spalding: To address mass incarceration, KY must end incentives to expand, crowd local jails
The U.S. incarcerates five times more people per capita than other wealthy countries. Yet, while some states are succeeding at…
Commentary: Employers can help Kentuckians reach long-term recovery while building their workforce
By LaKisha Miller, Van Ingram, Pat Fogarty and Jamie Johnson Special to NKyTribune Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Commentary: Kentucky’s fight against drug addiction must include help from criminal justice system
By Tim Robinson and Ben Chandler RECON KY At a moment when many people are finding it difficult to see…
Kentucky Attorney General defends ‘Casey’s Law’ in court as necessary tool for fighting drug epidemic
In furthering his commitment to fighting the drug epidemic, Attorney General Daniel Cameron has announced his office is defending a…