Kentucky News - October 19-20, 2009

• UK law student seeks state House seat (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U of L to name building after former president Shumaker (KCTCS News/The Courier Journal)
• Ky. governor to hold education press conferences (Bowling Green Daily News)
• New WKU housing en route (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Funds will help support biofuel project at WKU (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Frazier gift to create endowed chair at U of L, Frazier Rehab (Business First of Louisville)
• Kentucky gets $8.6M for ag research (Business First of Louisville)
• U of L opens $143M medical building (Business First of Louisville)
• U of L, UK helping develop curriculum for pediatric dental initiative (Business First of Louisville)
• Eric Harter named Sullivan University CEO (Business First of Louisville)
• WKU project helps provide safe water in China (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Louisville: Sullivan U. to convert 200 hotel rooms into student housing (The Lane Report)
• Allen County: Halton donates $50K to establish business incubator (The Lane Report)
• Business Briefs: Hazard Community and Technical College (The Lane Report)
• Business Briefs: University of Louisville (The Lane Report)
• Business Briefs: Western Kentucky University (The Lane Report)
• Business Briefs: Eastern Kentucky University (The Lane Report)
• Business Briefs: Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s (The Lane Report)
• Kentucky Institute for International Studies (The Lane Report)
• NKU professor earns Acorn accolade (The Northerner)
• Ky. campus tracking, posting energy use in dorms (The Daily Independent)
• U of L's Ramsey paid $1.9 million for retirement loss (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Todd tours UK neighborhoods (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK's solar house places 9th in international competition (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• New book highlights long history at Centre (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• NEW - Learn latest technology at library (Glasgow Daily Times)
• School reserve funds may be tapped in looming budget crisis (The Courier-Journal)
• Beshear announces education task force (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Task force to develop Kentucky education strategy (The Courier-Journal)
• Beshear forms education task force (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Beshear appoints panel to create education strategies (Business First of Louisville)
• Beshear launches education task force (Cincinnati.com)
• Kentucky State alum returns for degree (The State Journal)
• Breaking the bank: Committee revived to oversee student fees (The Kentucky Kernel)
• UK student announces bid to fill House seat (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Commissioner: U.S. needs to regain status as education leader (The Daily Independent)
• Stumbo: School funds could reduce state deficit (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U of L’s College of Education building reopens (Business First of Louisville)
• Campbellsville University enrollment increases (Business First of Louisville)
• Meeting of the minds (The Lane Report)
• Bills seek to bring charter schools to Kentucky (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky Community Colleges & Technical schools facing budget cuts (WBKO.com)