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Deborah Yetter
Deborah Yetter is an independent journalist who previously worked for 38 years for The Courier Journal, where she focused on child welfare and health and human services. She lives in Louisville and has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville.
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Tim Robinson is the head of Addiction Recovery Care, Kentucky's largest substance treatment provider. State officials say Robinson — a lawyer and recovered alcoholic — is a leader in Kentucky's fight against addiction.
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Kentucky is among a handful of states that lost only a small percentage of children from its Medicaid program in 2023 even as the number of kids cut from coverage soared elsewhere under annual renewal requirements that had been suspended during COVID-19.
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Bill helping pregnant, young Kentuckians is ‘50 years too late,’ he says
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Democrats’ redistricting challenge will be heard by state Supreme Court in September. It’s unclear if a decision will come in time for the next round of elections.
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EMW Women’s Surgical Center was one of only two abortion clinics in Kentucky when the procedure was all but banned last year
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Enacted in 2013, Kentucky’s “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” has been used to champion conservative causes ranging from tax incentives for a Noah’s Ark theme park in Grant County to the right of churches to stay open during the pandemic shutdown. Now, three Jewish women from Louisville argue that same law protects their reproductive rights as they seek to overturn two state laws that together essentially ban abortion in Kentucky.