Friday, April 29, 2016

Bevin cuts Louisville indigent care and other top stories.

  • Bevin cuts Louisville indigent care

    Bevin cuts Louisville indigent care
    Buy PhotoState Capitol(Photo: The Courier-Journal)Buy PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. – Among dozens of budget provisions vetoed by Gov. Matt Bevin on Wednesday was state funding for indigent care at the University of Louisville Hospital.The governor deleted state funding of up to $7.5 million over the 2016-18 budget period to the program called the Quality and Charity Care Trust that cares for medically needy patients.Bevin said in his one-sentence veto message that provisions of the Affordable Care Act ma..
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  • Louisville closer to getting new cable provider

    Louisville closer to getting new cable provider
    Cable TV operator Charter Communications said Monday it wants to buy the much larger Time Warner Cable in a cash-and-stock deal that could be worth up to $38 billion. (Photo: AP )Charter Communications' assumption of the facilities and personnel of Time Warner Cable in Louisville and numerous other markets is edging closer to finality.The pending takeover has been endorsed by the Justice Department and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.   Final approval from the full FCC an..
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  • West Louisville debate offers few answers from potential senate ...

    West Louisville debate offers few answers from potential senate ...
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Candidates for a Louisville State Senate seat had the chance Thursday night to address the problems facing the west end.However, most passed on that opportunity.Long-time incumbent Gerald Neal was a no-show.  The only candidates who were there were his democratic challengers, Neal's former legislative aide Charles Booker and former Jefferson County Judge Toni Stringer.  Stringer says Neal's absence is just the latest example of how he's fallen out of touch with his comm..
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  • Google Fiber posts top Louisville manager jobs

    Google Fiber posts top Louisville manager jobs
    Google(Photo: (Photo: Daniel Deme, EPA))As another likely harbinger that it plans to install a fiberoptics network in Metro Louisville, Google Fiber has posted jobs for several top Louisville management positions.The jobs posted Tuesday were for the following positions: a network deployment and operations construction manager; a field operations manager; a project manager; a fiber network deployment manager and operations construction lead; and a lead engineer.The postings follow the plans discl..
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  • In spring update, Walz excited for team upside

    In spring update, Walz excited for team upside
    Louisville coach Jeff Walz on his former players playing pro basketball Buy PhotoU of L head coach Jeff Walz shouts instructions to his team against USF during their game at the KFC Yum! Center. Feb. 15, 2016(Photo: Sam Upshaw Jr.; The C-J)Buy PhotoJeff Walz had a pep in his voice as he detailed the early progress his Louisville women's basketball team has made since the Cards' season ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 20, much earlier than he and his players had ..
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  • Louisville group to aid Ecuador quake victims

    Louisville group to aid Ecuador quake victims
    JUAN CEVALLOS, AFP/Getty Images Some buildings are barely standing after a magnitude-7.8 quake in Portoviejo, Ecuador, on Sunday. More than 600 people were killed when the earthquake struck, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending residents scrambling from their homes, authorities said. Buildings barely left standing after a 7.8-magnitude quake in Portoviejo, Ecuador on April 17, 2016. At least 235 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a br..
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  • Louisville man's murder still unsolved one year later

    Louisville man's murder still unsolved one year later
    One year ago Thursday, Cordell Richardson was shot and killed outside a Radcliff apartment complex.The case remains unsolved.For Shawntel Eddins, the past year has been a nightmare without her son.She told WLKY she cannot rest until she knows the person who killed Cordell is behind bars."Up and down. In and out. I mean headaches, night sweats, cold sweats, not eating," said Eddins.That is the only way Eddins can describe her life since learning her son was murdered."We want to know. We need to ..
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  • North Carolina, Louisville, and the hypocrisy of the NCAA

    North Carolina, Louisville, and the hypocrisy of the NCAA
    Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports After a five-year wait which felt like it spanned multiple decades, we finally have the full gauntlet of allegations the NCAA is levying against the University of North Carolina. The allegations were made public by the school on Monday, and UNC now has 90 days to file a formal response. That response from the powers that be in Chapel Hill might as well be a thank you note. The release of the NOA has officially penned the writing we should have been reading..
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  • Want to change art in Louisville? Take survey

    Want to change art in Louisville? Take survey
    A public meeting at Actors Theatre of Louisville run by consulting firm Lord Cultural Resources that is assisting in creating The Greater Louisville Master Plan for the Arts.(Photo: Courtesy The Greater Louisville Master Plan for the Arts.)Organizers of a project to develop a master plan for the arts throughout the Louisville area held public workshops in February. Now, they are asking people to fill out an online survey before its submission deadline at midnight, May 1.So far, more than 1,000 c..
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  • Louisville tool lets residents map, compare internet speeds

    Louisville tool lets residents map, compare internet speeds
    Louisville is launching a free tool that will let the city's internet users record and map their connection speeds.WFPL-FM reports (http://bit.ly/1pKmVjs ) it's currently nearly impossible who know who is getting good, reliable service and who isn't. Private internet providers aren't required to release much data on their connectivity speeds.Ted Smith is chief of innovation for Louisville Metro, which developed the tool with PowerUp Labs and help from officials in Seattle, which has a similar t..
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