Kentucky News - February 10, 2011

• Medicaid, dropout bills clear House committee (The Courier-Journal)
• Dropout age bill moves swiftly (NKY.com)
• Area legislators, school officials favor increasing age before dropping out (The Ledger Independent)
• Wildcat Coal Lodge will exhibit a tribute to coal (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Dropout age bill moves swiftly (nky.com)
• New Orleans needs more from its two state colleges, merger consultant says (NOLA.com)
• Teachers’ colleges upset by plan to grade them (The New York Times)
• As state funds dry up, many community colleges rely more on tuition than on taxes to get by (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)