A Louisville businessman makes the case for higher academic standards
By John Gregory | KET This story first appeared on KET.org and is reposted here with permission. As Common Core becomes a political football in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race and the 2016 presidential...
View ArticleKentucky education chief reflects on service as he prepares to retire
By John Gregory | KET This story first appeared at KET.org and is reposted here with permission. In his first years on the job, Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday had to implement a...
View ArticleKET explores the dramatic rise of kinship care in Kentucky
By John Gregory | KET Jeanne Miller-Jacobs thought she would only have to care for her three young grandchildren for a few months. But three years later she and her husband are still keeping the kids...
View ArticleKET interviews Sen. McConnell on Washington issues and how they impact Kentucky
By John Gregory | KET After 30 years on Capitol Hill, Mitch McConnell finally achieved the position he had long sought: Senate Majority Leader. Yet the job he’s held since January has not been easy:...
View ArticleKentuckian paralyzed in car crash discusses importance of the Americans with...
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. A foggy night. An unfamiliar road. A life forever changed. It’s been eight years since Heidi McKenzie’s car...
View ArticleCongressman Massie talks farm-friendly legislation, national politics, and...
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. In 2013, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie successfully worked to include industrial hemp research in the federal farm...
View ArticleNew encyclopedia chronicles the lives of more than 1,000 black Kentuckians
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. Muhammad Ali gained worldwide fame as a heavyweight boxer, but have you ever heard of another champion fighter...
View ArticleCongressman John Yarmuth talks Planned Parenthood, campaign finance, the...
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. In June, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth announced that he would seek a sixth term in Congress. As a self-described...
View ArticleA leading Louisville oncologist talks about new advances in chemotherapy
By Patrick Reed | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. For decades, chemotherapy was considered as a necessary evil in cancer treatment — a rigorous, unforgiving...
View ArticleKET: Learning more about childhood cancer
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. A cancer diagnosis can be devastating for any patient, but what if you’re a child or teenager getting that...
View ArticleLouisville orthopedic doctors discuss improving the outcomes of knee...
By Patrick Reed | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. Advances in joint replacement surgery have improved the lives of millions of Americans over the past 20 years....
View ArticleState attorney general candidates discuss religious freedom, campaign finance...
By John Gregory | KET Candidates running for the state attorney general appeared on Monday’s edition of “Kentucky Tonight” on KET. The program featured Democrat Andy Beshear and Republican Whitney...
View ArticleLouisville doc discusses best practices for prenatal care
By Patrick Reed | KET Click here to watch this episode of “Kentucky Health” on KET. Medical advances have made pregnancy and childbirth far safer in the United States over the past century, but both...
View ArticleU of L physicians discuss best practices for training new doctors
By Patrick Reed | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. Dr. Erica Sutton, M.D., a surgeon with University of Louisville Physicians, and Dr. Amy Holthouser, M.D., an...
View ArticleClearing the smoke: Kentucky’s lingering tobacco habit
By Joyce West | KET Story reported by KET and reposted here with permission. A tobacco barn in Magoffin County near the Mountain Parkway displays what once would have been an unlikely message for any...
View ArticleProfile: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Matt Bevin
By John Gregory | KET As a boy in northern New Hampshire, Matt Bevin dreamed of a life bigger than his small-town upbringing. He loved to read biographies of famous people, stories that pointed him to...
View ArticleProfile: Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Conway
By John Gregory | KET In the summer of 1995, Jack Conway was at loose ends. He had just finished his law degree at George Washington University in the nation’s capital and was scheduled to start a...
View ArticleBevin vs. Conway: What’s at stake in the 2015 election?
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. So it’s Election Day, and despite all the political ads, debates, and news reports, you’re still not sure...
View ArticlePioneering Louisville journalist Dorothy Gilliam reflects on her career
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. Sometimes one coincidence is all it takes. Like the day that Dorothy Gilliam went to her part-time secretarial...
View ArticleElection 2015: What Happened and What’s Ahead?
By John Gregory | KET This story was reported by KET and is reposted here with permission. All the polling in the Kentucky governor’s race showed Democrat Jack Conway even with or ahead of Republican...
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