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• COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION APPROVES 2010-12 BUDGET REQUEST
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  The Council on Postsecondary Education approved a biennial budget request today for Kentucky’s eight public four-year universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The Council is asking for basically the same base budget plus technical adjustments.
• Kentucky Arts Council Selects Fifteen High Schools to Participate in Poetry Out Loud
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  The Kentucky Arts Council has selected fifteen high schools to participate in the state competition for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. Selected schools are Allen County Scottsville High School,Paul Laurence Dunbar High School,Frankfort High School,Western Hills High School, Fulton High School, Grant County High School, Harlan County High School, Hart County High School, Ballard High School, Beechwood High School, Knox Central High School, Jenkins Independent School, Mercer County High School, Ohio County High School and Greenwood High School.
• KOHS Awards $7.6 Million in State Homeland Security Grants
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security (KOHS) has awarded $7.6 million in State Homeland Security Grants for first responders throughout the Commonwealth, Gov. Steve Beshear announced today.
• Former Nurse Sentenced in Connection With Death of Patient
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the sentencing of a nurse formerly employed by Hurstborne Care Center in Jefferson County, Ky.
• Mercer County to break ground for $12 million judicial center Nov. 10
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  State and local officials, public invited to attend groundbreaking ceremony for the planned Mercer County Judicial Center.
• Governor Proclaims November Adoption Awareness Month; Almost 800 children await adoptive homes
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  Governor Steve Beshear has proclaimed November Adoption Awareness Month in Kentucky and is reminding Kentuckians to consider opening their hearts and home to the state’s almost 800 waiting children.
• HORSeNEWS
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  November 1 Newsletter from the Kentucky Horse Park
• KENTUCKY HORSE PARK WELCOMES MR. MUSCLEMAN
  Friday, November 06, 2009
  Two-Time Breeders Crown Champion Will be the Park’s Newest Standardbred Ambassador
• Attorney General Conway Files Motion With U.S. Supreme Court Asking For Stay of KY Sex Offender Residency Ruling
  Thursday, November 05, 2009
  Attorney General Jack Conway today filed a motion with the United States Supreme Court asking it to stay the recent ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court that lifts the residency restrictions for all registered sex offenders who committed their crimes before July 12, 2006 –meaning more than 5,500 sex offenders could live next to schools and daycares.
• Attorney General Conway Announces Conviction in Magoffin County Jury Tampering Case
  Thursday, November 05, 2009
  Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Special Prosecutions today announced the convictions of a Magoffin County woman and her grandson for their roles in creating a mistrial in the September sodomy trial of Chester Allen.
• Attorney General Conway Announces Conviction of Multi-County Burglar/Robber
  Thursday, November 05, 2009
  Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Special Prosecutions today announced the conviction of 42-year-old Gerald D. Weddle in Oldham Circuit Court for his part in a multi-county crime spree in 2007.
• Judicial Nominating Commission announces nominees for vacant judgeship that serves Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan counties
  Thursday, November 05, 2009
  The Judicial Nominating Commission has selected three nominees for the governor to consider appointing to the vacant District Court judgeship that serves Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan counties.
• Cabinet for Health and Family Services Names Deputy Secretary
  Thursday, November 05, 2009
  Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary (CHFS) Janie Miller announced today that Eric Friedlander, a longtime CHFS official, has been named deputy secretary of the cabinet. Friedlander’s most recent roles are as a policy adviser and acting commissioner of the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities.
• KHS History Campus Free for Military on Veterans Day
  Thursday, November 05, 2009
  All veterans and active-duty military personnel are invited to visit the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) history campus free of charge on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.
• Governor Beshear Announces $4 Million in Stimulus Funding for Child Care; Funding will increase training resources for child care providers
  Thursday, November 05, 2009
  Noting his continued commitment to improving early childhood education and development, Gov. Steve Beshear has announced that more than $4 million in federal stimulus funds will provide additional resources to child care providers to help them meet the needs of infants and toddlers and children in after-school programs.