Kentucky lawmakers meet teacher health insurance demands
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The state teachers union was to reconsider a threatened strike after the Kentucky General Assembly met its insurance demands Tuesday.
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Kentucky health providers will receive about 97,000 more flu vaccine doses during the next several weeks, state health authorities announced Tuesday.
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A suburban Pittsburgh school district is reviewing whether it should be paying for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children to use its Internet-based school, since the Pennsylvania senator and his family live in Virginia.
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A compromise between the Senate and House on a bill that would provide health insurance to uninsured children sets the stage for a battle with President Bush.
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Maryland leaders raised hopes yesterday for a special session of the General Assembly next month that would focus on curbing insurance rate increases for doctors, but acknowledged that key details
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By Michael Sluss mike.sluss@roanoke.com (804) 697-1585  Gov. Tim Kaine will ask state lawmakers to increase the pay  of public school teachers by 3 percent next year and to fund pilot projects  to expand access to pre-kindergarten programs when they amend Virginia's two-year budget.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Days after suffering political losses across the state, Kentucky Democrats were searching for answers: anything from holding a summit and redefining the party to simply &quot;finding better Democrats.
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Two legislators instrumental in healthcare reform yesterday warned that some health plans under the new law might offer only minimal coverage and force subscribers to pay high out-of-pocket costs.
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Ending months of deadlock with the  White House, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday  gave final bipartisan approval to legislation that would  temporarily extend the state health insurance program that  covers about 6.6 million poor children.
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A growing number of public universities are requiring that students have health insurance before they step into the classroom, a move aimed at saving the uninsured from huge bills and college hospitals from getting stuck with the cost.
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Kentucky&#39;s biggest teachers&#39; union called off a threatened statewide strike last night, just hours after lawmakers wrapped up a special session that approved legislation
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A teacher heading to her first day at school this week was charged with drunken driving, but later returned to her class...
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RICHMOND, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Thursday urged Virginia's congressional delegation to help override President Bush's veto of an expansion of a popular children's health insurance program, saying 83,000 kids in the state could lose coverage if the veto stands.
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The Kentucky Legislature passed a bill to cut health-insurance costs for public employees, narrowly avoiding a strike by the state&#39;s largest teachers union.
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MURRAY, Ky.  -- A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested after she sent text messages to state trooper instead of a dealer, police said.
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The death of a Prince George's County boy this week from an infection that started with an abscessed tooth has spurred lawmakers to demand better dental care for poor children and has prompted a deluge of calls to local dentists for advice and appointments.
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A teachers' union challenges a government and faith group statement on the benefits of faith schools.