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Saint Claire Regional Medical Center hopes to generate $250,000 in its annual fundraising campaign. Director of the Morehead hospital’s foundation...

A proposal to repeal Kentucky’s prevailing wage law on school construction projects was soundly defeated Thursday in the House Labor and Industry...

Nurse-practitioners and midwives in Kentucky will now be able to prescribe non-narcotic medications without having a written agreement with a...

A re-designation of approximately 220 miles of the Ohio River would have the potential of improving the region’s ranking with the U.S. Army Corps...

Senator Mitch McConnell strode onto a Washington stage on Thursday (March 6) holding a rifle above his head. The Kentucky Republican was among the...

Spain's Robin Hood Mayor Fights For 'Communist Utopia'

On a sweltering August day in 2012, the mayor of a tiny Spanish town, fed up with the country's economic conditions, did something drastic. It was...
Making A Computerized Voice A Little More Human

Speech scientist Rupal Patel customizes synthetic voices for people who can't speak. She tells Guy Raz of The TED Radio Hour about helping people...
In A First, The Paralympics Get Political

The Paralympics are just getting started. Baseball fans are mourning the death of sports medicine pioneer Frank Jobe. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with...
Affordable Care Act Isn't Perfect, But It's A 'Pretty Good Structure'

For the Affordable Care Act to be considered a success years down the road, Ezekiel Emanuel believes that all Americans must have access to health...
Reaching The Young And Uninsured On A Texas Campus

At lunchtime on the North Harris campus of Houston's Lone Star Community College, students stream through the lobby of the student services center,...