Morgan Watkins
Health ReporterMorgan is LPM's health reporter. Email Morgan at mwatkins@lpm.org.
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The Kentucky Nurses Association and Family Health Centers organization have teamed up to host over a dozen mobile clinics through the end of May, including one Saturday. -
The Kentucky Legislature’s GOP supermajorities can nix Beshear’s veto. If that happens, the ACLU of Kentucky indicated it will probably sue to try to block the bill.
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The main thing people with Medicaid coverage can do to prepare for the change is update their contact information with the state.
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Two local parents said the gender-affirming treatments their daughters depend on would be banned under Senate Bill 150.
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This move comes at a time when GOP legislators and anti-LGBTQ groups in the U.S. are pursuing policies that restrict trans people’s ability to participate in public life.
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A Republican senator wants his colleagues to lessen their proposed restrictions on certain medical treatments for transgender kids. The Senate could vote on that sometime Wednesday.
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Major national medical associations recommend gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, provided in close consultation with a patient’s family. HB 470 would prohibit them from providing those services in Kentucky.
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The Louisville Urban League and other advocacy organizations unveiled well over a dozen recommendations Monday that they want Mayor Craig Greenberg to consider as his administration prepares to negotiate a new contract with the local police union.
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State police said the man was in critical condition as of Thursday night. They also said they believe he pointed a gun at Jeffersonville officers before he was shot.
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A nearly two-year investigation by the United States Department of Justice shows Louisville police have a history of excessive force, constitutional violations, under-reported incidents, invalid warrants and systemic racist practices.
