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Kentucky News
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Posted by -Chuck
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
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When he found out that one of his Democratic congressional colleagues was planning a visit to Baghdad, U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, jumped at the chance to go.
.I had been looking for a trip to get over there,. said Chandler, a member of the House appropriations committee's panel on the State Department and foreign operations. .I feel it was something I had to do..
And in the course of the visit, which lasted little over 24 hours, the delegation stayed in Saddam Hussein's former hunting lodge, rode on a helicopter that threw out decoy flares and met with two top U.S. generals.
Democratic Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas organized the trip. He brought Chandler, Rep. Tim Bishop, D-New York, and three other Arkansans: Republican Rep. Mike Boozman, Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor and Democratic Rep. Marion Berry.
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Kentucky News
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Posted by -Chuck
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Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
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Gov. Steve Beshear signed an order Thursday to attach the Council on Postsecondary Education to his office, saying the move will strengthen the state's hand in recruiting a new higher education chief.
The restructuring shifts the council from the Education Cabinet, where it was moved by Beshear's predecessor, Ernie Fletcher. He had said he wanted it insulated from political influence.
Beshear told reporters the council's president will become one of his top advisers, but said the council will remain independent. The council is the state's coordinating agency for Kentucky's public universities and community and technical colleges.
"To recruit the kind of national leader that we want and that Kentuckians deserve, the CPE president must be positioned as a close adviser to the governor," Beshear said.
Beshear said the arrangement for the council reflects the organizational structure spelled out in the higher education overhaul passed in 1997. |
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Kentucky News
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Posted by -Chuck
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, too many babies in Kentucky are born too early, too small or to teenage mothers.
The report shows that 9.1 percent of Kentucky babies have low birth weights, 15 percent are born before 37 weeks of gestation and 12 percent are born to teenage mothers.
Kentucky Youth Advocates Executive Director Terry Brooks says poor birth outcomes are linked to more infant deaths and higher health care costs. |
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