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‘Thriving in College’ can help graduates
FRANKFORT — “Thriving in College,” a guide that helps college freshmen succeed during their first year on campus, is available free from the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. “More Kentucky students who enroll in college are finishing their degrees, but there still is room for improvement,” said Gov. Andy Beshear. “This booklet from KHEAA can…
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Health insurance for low-wage workers
At least 37,000 Kentuckians will be eligible KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Kentucky is taking advantage of a little-used provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to create a health-insurance plan for Kentuckians who make too much to qualify for free Medicaid coverage but not enough to pay for private insurance. The policy, known…
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Martin County students selected for youth programs
The Center for Rural Development has selected five Martin County students to participate in its summer leadership programs. Rogers Scholars Ashdon Kerr, a current sophomore at Martin County High School, will join high school students from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky this summer for the 25th annual Rogers Scholars youth leadership program. She is the…
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What’s going on at the library? 5/11/22
Open Mic Night, free movies, summer reading Calling all storytellers, musicians, singers, poets and artists to Open Mic Night at the Collier Center. Stories of Place and the Martin County Public Library are teaming up to host the event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 23. Open Mic Night is for all residents and…
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BSCTC libraries redesign space
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community & Technical College (BSCTC) recently redesigned the physical spaces of their campus libraries to support student collaborative learning. The redesign includes modular study spaces and active learning environments that inspire creativity and synergy. Students can now come to the library and choose how they need their space set up to…
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Kentucky ‘pretty safe’ from COVID
Beshear expects ‘room for at least some executive order’ for medical marijuana BY MELISSA PATRICKKENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS As the state heads into Kentucky Derby weekend, Gov. Andy Beshear said all the metrics to measure COVID-19 give Kentuckians little to be concerned about. “You’re pretty safe from where the virus is right now, if you’re fully…
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C-J reports on illegal abortions in Kentucky, before Roe v. Wade and asks, ‘Will history repeat itself?’
As the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to abolish the right to an abortion, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal writes in detail about illegal abortions in Kentucky from 1866 through 1973, when the Roe v. Wade decision created the right. The stories are based on 20 cases decided by Kentucky’s highest court and…
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‘Trigger law’ would end legal abortion in Kentucky if Supreme Court overturns its 1973 Roe v. Wade
BY MELISSA PATRICKKENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS If a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision becomes final, legal abortion in Kentucky would end immediately because of a “trigger law” the state legislature passed to take effect if Roe is overturned. But for now, abortion services…
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