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Compromise on UPike proposal in the works

House Speaker Greg Stumbo, a co-sponsor of a bill to fund the University of Pikeville with coal-severance tax money, said to become a state-supported school, Pikeville would need $6 million from the multicounty fund the first year, then $13 million a year for 10 years.

A compromise over the contentious issue of making the University of Pikeville a public school is being worked out behind the scenes of this year's General Assembly.

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EDUCATION

12 Central Kentucky colleges launch higher education consortium

Presidents of 12 Central Kentucky colleges universities have formed the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium to work to improve college readiness, work-force needs, lifelong learning and economic development opportunities in the region.

21 hours ago
MORE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Kentucky House to consider regulation of middle school athletics

Kentucky has had an organization for decades that oversees high school sports, but the regulation of middle school athletics is largely left to individual schools or districts.

1 day ago
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Opponents of UPike proposal make their case to lawmakers

FRANKFORT — Far Eastern Kentucky needs more people with college degrees, but making the University of Pikeville a state-supported school is not the best way to accomplish that goal, Morehead State University President Wayne Andrews told lawmakers Tuesday.

2 days ago
MORE SPORTS

1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team to reunite this summer in Kentucky

The team, which lost to the Soviet Union in the much-disputed championship game, will be at Georgetown College.

6 days ago
BUSINESS

D.C. duo of Biden and Solis tout Obama job-training plan in Lexington

Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis came to Lexington on Wednesday night as part of a three-day bus tour touting President Barack Obama's plan to train more workers.

7 days ago
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Stumbo seeks spending records for Morehead State officials

The sponsor of a bill to make the University of Pikeville a public school has requested spending records for the president and all members of the Board of Regents of Morehead State University, who vigorously oppose the measure.

7 days ago
EDUCATION

UK trustees give go-ahead for privately developed dorm

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved a deal Tuesday to let a private developer build an on-campus dorm, setting the stage for a larger agreement that could lead to private construction and management of all of UK's student housing.

8 days ago
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

House panel offers compromise on school dropout bill

FRANKFORT — Local school districts would have the option of keeping students in school until age 18 through 2016 and then the higher dropout age would become mandatory statewide under a bill a state House panel approved Tuesday.

8 days ago
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Key lawmaker urges Morehead State grads to oppose UPike proposal

The floor general in the state House has urged Morehead State University graduates to oppose the current version of a bill that would make the University of Pikeville a state-supported school.

9 days ago