A special compensation committee of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees met Tuesday to discuss President Eli Capilouto’s salary and how it compares to other presidents, but members quickly decided they need more information before recommending any changes. [H-L]
The United States and China pledged Wednesday to take ambitious action to limit greenhouse gases, aiming to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change ahead of high-stakes climate negotiations next year. [HuffPo]
Opioid painkillers have long been the gold standard for severe pain but come with a terrible dark side: They are the main culprits in a prescription drug abuse crisis that has killed thousands and spawned a resurgence of heroin in Kentucky and across the nation. [C-J/AKN]
Congressman John Yarmuth is one of only seven of 30 Democrats from the 2006 wave returning to Washington next year. [WaPo]
The Mammoth Cave National Park Association has taken on a role it is referring to as being the “watch dog” for what the National Park Service is doing at Mammoth Cave, specifically in regard to overnight accommodations. [Glasgow Daily Times]
An agreement to cut tariffs on an array of technology products is likely to be the most tangible economic outcome of President Obama’s visit to China. [NY Times]
Kentucky ranks as one of the 10 most unbanked and under-banked states in the country, according to a report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. [Business First]
Last week, an energy analyst at Deutsche Bank came to a startling conclusion: By 2016, solar power will be as cheap or cheaper than electricity from the conventional grid in every state except three. [Mother Jones]
Kentucky’s premature birth rate is slowly declining, but it still falls above the national average, according to a report released Thursday. [WFPL]
To address Iraq’s deepening food insecurity international donors need to not only feed displaced people but also help farmers salvage next year’s wheat harvest, a senior United Nations official told Reuters. [Reuters]
This is the new hardcore investigative journalism flowing out of Montgomery County these days. [WKYT]
Josh Kronberg-Rasner was the only openly gay person in his office while he worked for a food service company in Casper, Wyo. But his sexual orientation never held him back, he says. “I had filled every position from general manager to executive chef,” he says. “You name it, I’d done all of it.” [NPR]
What? Montgomery County Schools aren’t top ten in ANYTHING? Surely not! [H-L]
Following the Republican wave that swept away the Democratic Senate majority last week, reporters, advocates and pundits debated the efficacy of the estimated $3.7 billion in political spending shelled out over the past 22 months. [HuffPo]
