Ph.D.’s in Cooperation
Bellarmine University bestowed honorary doctor of law degrees upon Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels at the university’s May 12 spring commencement to recognize their regional...
View ArticleFunds Help Students Get to Arts Venues
The Kentucky Arts council is helping students from across the state attend events and performances at Kentucky arts venues. Funding through the arts council’s newly established TranspARTation grant...
View ArticleKentucky Arts Council Receives $734,900 Grant
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, a state partnership grant of $734,900. Forty percent of NEA grant-making funds are designated for...
View ArticleCouncil Helps Teachers Bring the Arts to the Classroom
The Kentucky Arts Council awarded $11,340 in Teacher Initiated Program grants to support 21 weeks of short-term artist residencies during the fall of 2012. These grants give professional artists an...
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Abusing the Bottom Line
Prescription drug abuse continues to plague Kentucky, and employers are paying the price in higher workers’ compensation and health insurance costs, reduced productivity and heightened risks to...
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Good Water, Good Science, Good PR
A customer fills a reusable bottle with Louisville pure tap® at a Waterfront Park fill station, units set up for special events and provides an ongoing supply of chilled water. Louisville pure tap®...
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Rewiring the Job Market
Participants climb utility poles in Somerset Community College’s lineman training program. With U.S. student-loan debt this year eclipsing $1 trillion and escalating tuition costs for the job market’s...
View Article2012 Session Fell Short
The 2012 regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly and the subsequent special session illustrate that progress and compromise on key issues remain difficult to achieve. After spending much of...
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Hailey Joins The Lane Report as Associate Editor
Lorie Hailey is associate editor of The Lane Report. Lorie Hailey has joined The Lane Report as associate editor. In addition to writing and editing for the statewide-circulation magazine, Hailey is...
View ArticleThe Art of Job Creation
Arts marketing programs and an arts and cultural districts initiative developed by the Kentucky Arts Council Kentucky were cited on several occasions in the recent National Governors Association’s...
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