Deborah Yetter

Deborah Yetter is an independent journalist who previously worked for 38 years for The Courier Journal, where she focused on child welfare and health and human services. She lives in Louisville and has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville.

Kentucky optometrist board meets in private but takes no action as groups question patient safety

Outside groups are urging the board to resolve questions about the situation to assure that public safety is protected and that eye care providers are duly licensed and qualified.

By Deborah Yetter

Independent pharmacies wait for Beshear administration to enforce new law after AG ruling

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says the state can restrict pharmacy benefit managers from steering business to their own chains.

By Deborah Yetter

Sallie Bingham, Kentucky writer and philanthropist, dies at 88

Bingham, whose family owned the Louisville Courier Journal for nearly seven decades, died Wednesday at her home following a stroke, The New York Times reported Thursday.

By Deborah Yetter

Bill that Ky. hospitals said they need fell victim to dizzying last-minute changes in House

The House on Friday also killed an unrelated bill sought by the state’s largest treatment program and sponsored by freshman Sen. Craig Richardson, R-Hopkinsville.

By Deborah Yetter

Jonah Bevin obtains protective order against adoptive father, former Gov. Matt Bevin

The order does not include Glenna Bevin, Jonah’s adoptive mother, but directs her to appear at the March 19 court hearing.

By Deborah Yetter

‘I don’t have anybody:’ Adoptive teen son of former Ky governor talks about life on his own

After being rescued from abusive facility in Jamaica, Jonah Bevin says he wants accountability.

By Deborah Yetter

Price of being homeless and mentally ill: Isolation in a Kentucky prison

A 35-year-old woman who has an IQ of 67 literally falls between the bureaucratic cracks,” Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said.

By Deborah Yetter

Under threat from industry ‘middlemen,’ independent pharmacies gain allies in D.C., Frankfort

In Kentucky, Beshear said the state has saved around $300 million by eliminating insurance industry middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers from its Medicaid program in 2021.

By Deborah Yetter

Sponsor vows to back off gutting Kentucky open records law after hearing from constituents

A transparency advocate says he's watching warily for House Bill 509’s final version.

By Deborah Yetter

Public could lose access to many government records under bill that House speaker supports

The bill's sponsor says its intent is to ensure access to public information while protecting individuals’ privacy.

By Deborah Yetter

Abortion foe Sen. Westerfield proposes sweeping new supports for Kentucky families

The bill helping pregnant, young Kentuckians is "50 years too late," Westerfield said.

By Deborah Yetter

Cameron accused of trying to ‘scare patients out of obtaining abortions’

Planned Parenthood has denounced Republican AG Daniel Cameron's opposition to expanded medical privacy protections.

By Deborah Yetter