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Attorneys representing the family of the first Nelson County man who was diagnosed positive for COVID-19 filed a federal lawsuit this month against several state, region and county officials, seeking

The House-passed legislation would tighten public assistance rules, with the goal of steering more people into self-sufficiency.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican-backed plan to revamp Kentuckys public benefits...

The measure is meant to reform and tighten up the system that provides help through Medicaid, food stamps and other programs.

Republican lawmakers rushed a bill through the Kentucky House of Representatives Thursday adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients and charging state officials with investigating food benefit use, among other proposed changes to public assistance.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sweeping legislation to tighten rules for public assistance with the goal of steering more people into self-sufficiency sped through the Republican-dominated Kentucky House on Thursday.

House Bill 7 changes the way Kentucky administers the federal food assistance program called SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sweeping legislation to tighten rules for public assistance with the goal of steering more people into self-sufficiency sped through the Republican-dominated Kentucky House on Thursday.

Last year, the Governor and his administration as well as the General Assembly participated in Pew’s study and now they are working together to support new laws and programs that address the recommendations by eliminating barriers to addiction and expanding access to treatment.

Eric Friedlander of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services said his agency would need as many as 500 additional workers to oversee the new rules.