Tag: Matt Bevin

"This administration will have no tolerance for the type of brazen disregard that Planned Parenthood has shown for both the safety of women and the rule of law," said Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin: ‘I guarantee’ children were sexually assaulted as a result of teachers’ strike

Laura Barrón-López · April 14, 2018 7:58 pm

ACLU sues Kentucky to halt 11-week abortion ban

Robert King · April 11, 2018 7:29 pm

On Nov. 7, 2017, CMS Administrator Seema Verma spoke before the National Association of Medicaid Directors and announced steps the Trump administration was taking to modernize and improve the Medicaid program through Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Medicaid work requirements will make us healthy, wealthy, and wise

Elizabeth Wright · March 7, 2018 6:45 pm

Kentucky's Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, will be joined by executives from Uber, Home Depot, Koch Industries, Brown-Forman Corporation, John Hopkins Health System and others for the talk. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

White House highlights criminal justice reform with Tuesday governors’ meeting

Kelly Cohen · February 26, 2018 12:22 pm

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's lawsuit focuses on Kentucky's plan to install work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Eligible beneficiaries must work, volunteer or get job training for 20 hours in order to get Medicaid benefits. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin countersues over Medicaid work rules

Robert King · February 20, 2018 3:30 pm

Now that the Obama administration has left, conservatives are turning to the Trump White House to allow them to tighten Medicaid in ways they've long wanted, mainly through the submission of waivers. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Republican states get creative to tighten Medicaid rules

Kimberly Leonard · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Emergency crews respond to Marshall County High School after a fatal school shooting Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Benton, Ky. Authorities said a shooting suspect was in custody. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)

National Security

Kentucky governor: 2 killed, 17 wounded in Marshall County High School shooting, suspect in custody

Anna Giaritelli · January 23, 2018 3:44 pm

The announcement came a day after the Trump administration released guidelines for how states were supposed to implement the program. Republican Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin, says the current program in his state is unsustainable. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Kentucky becomes first state to require work for some Medicaid beneficiaries

Kimberly Leonard · January 12, 2018 5:31 pm

Prison reform has been a popular conversation topic for the White House: It was discussed at Camp David this past weekend and a roundtable discussion was held on the subject in September. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

White House to host prison reform meeting Thursday

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2018 10:14 pm

A group of 15 Republican governors, including Scott Walker of Wisconsin (pictured), called Tuesday for senators to support an overhaul to a "broken" Obamacare system. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

15 GOP governors support Obamacare overhaul

Robert King · September 20, 2017 2:23 am

Attendees of the bipartisan roundtable included representatives from Congress, faith-based organizations and criminal justice reform groups, among others. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jared Kushner convenes bipartisan group to discuss prisoner re-entry

Kelly Cohen · September 14, 2017 9:47 pm

Kentucky unions are suing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin for signing a right-to-work law. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky unions sue over right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · May 26, 2017 4:42 pm