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Tougher drug controls get bipartisan support in Kentucky legislature
State's prescription drug problem is among the worst in the country.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Judge dismisses indictment against former nursing-home employee
Elizabeth Elaine Royse, a former licensed practical nurse in Frankfort, had been charged with abusing or neglecting an adult.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Kentucky personal care home death leads to 'Larry's Law' bill
As a result of the death of a personal care home resident, two lawmakers have filed bills that would require people to have screenings before being admitted to one of the facilities.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Nurse who worked at Burkesville facility charged with neglect, theft
Jinger Butler, 41, is accused of replacing and retaining the medication of 10 adult residents at the Cumberland Valley Manor Nursing Home in Burkesville.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
State reviews citation of Danville nursing home
The Kentucky Attorney General's office is reviewing a state citation stemming from the way officials at a Danville nursing home responded to allegations that a former male nurse's aide tried to suffocate one resident and, weeks later, lay in bed with and kissed another.
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PILL PIPELINE
Doctor accused of illegally distributing drugs at Paintsville clinic plans to plead guilty
A doctor accused of illegally distributing drugs at a Paintsville clinic plans to plead guilty, according to a court motion.
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LIBRARY EXPENSES
Judge dismisses discrimination, defamation claims by former Lexington library CEO
A Fayette Circuit Court judge has thrown out former Lexington Public Library chief executive Kathleen Imhoff's claims that she was discriminated against due to her gender and defamed following the termination of her employment in 2009.
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MEDICINE
Nursing home rankings for Fayette and surrounding counties
These are the rankings of nursing homes in Fayette and the five surrounding counties from the federal rating system maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
New pain-pill clinics in Ky. bring calls for tougher regulation
There has been a resurgence over the last couple of years of suspected "pill mills" that help feed the state's epidemic of prescription-drug abuse.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Seniors rally in Frankfort to end waiting list for services
An estimated 375 older residents rallied at Kentucky's Capitol in Frankfort on Thursday to seek an end to the long waiting list for services for seniors.
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Senate defeats Rand Paul's bid to curb EPA rules on power plant emissions
Republicans Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee strongly disagreed on Paul's plan to curb EPA rules.
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