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Erica Rucker

Reporter · US

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Sep 22, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Erica Rucker

    Gov. Beshear: $1.7B in additional revenue could fund Medicaid, Pre-K, senior meals (opens the original)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB+WAVE) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said a projected budget surplus could go toward funding needed state programs. The Kentucky General Fund estimated a revenue surplus of somewhere near $1.7 billion over the next two fiscal years. The Consensus Forecasting Group updated the projection Tuesday, Sept. 22, following a formal request by State Budget Director John Hicks. The panel now projects revenues will surpass budgeted estimates by $997.9 million in fiscal year 2027 and $70

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Erica Rucker

    Judge grants Matt Bevin’s jail sentence appeal; orders immediate release (opens the original)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WKYT/WDRB+WAVE) - A judge in the Kentucky Court of Appeals granted an emergency motion on Wednesday, Sept. 16, ordering the immediate release of former Governor Matt Bevin from custody as he was serving a 60-day jail sentence for contempt of court. Bevin was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections on Sept. 3, following a warrant issued by Jefferson Circuit Judge Angela Johnson in relation to the ongoing divorce proceedings with his former wife, Glenna Bevin. T

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Erica Rucker

    Beshear signs executive order relieving $250M in medical debt for Kentuckians (opens the original)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB+WAVE) — Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Tuesday that will provide relief for 130,000 Kentuckians saddled with medical debt. Beshear established the Team Kentucky Medical Debt Relief Program, which will allocate $2.5 million to the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt. The organization purchases debt from participating hospitals and collection agencies at a steep discount, yielding an estimated $100 in debt relief for every $1 invested by the state. “Medical deb

  4. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Erica Rucker

    Suspects played rock-paper-scissors before alleged south Louisville home invasion, carjacking, police say (opens the original)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB+WAVE) — Two teens are facing a slate of felony charges after police said they played a game of rock-paper-scissors before launching an armed carjacking and home invasion that targeted Swahili-speaking residents in south Louisville. Tyler I. Brown (18) and Anya Unique Miller (19), roomates on East Southland Boulevard, were arrested following the Sept. 6 incident at the Partridge Pointe apartment complex on Carl Court. According to LMPD arrest citations, officers were dispatc

  5. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Erica Rucker

    2 women dead in shooting near UofL’s Belknap Campus; suspect at large (opens the original)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) — University of Louisville Police responded to an overnight shooting that left two people dead at the Family Scholar House. This facility operates nearby and in partnership with UofL. Louisville Metro Police said that around 1:44 a.m., Fourth Division officers alongside UofL police responded to a call of a shooting in the 400 block of Reg Smith Cr. When officers arrived, they found two women who were shot. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. UofL officials confirmed ne

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