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<p>By MARK PITSCH mpitsch@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal 2004 Kentucky General Assembly Gov. Ernie Fletcher will negotiate with lawmakers on his plan to cut education spending — a plan that touched off an intense debate on the Senate floor yesterday.</p> <p>For about an hour, Democrats challenged the cuts to public school programs and higher education contained in an order that Fletcher signed Monday, as well as further higher-education cuts outlined at a private meeting with university presidents on Wednesday. Senate Republicans defended Fletcher.</p>

Posted on Tue, Nov. 11, 2003 LEARN MORE Florida case puts focus on living wills MORE NOW SEE BENEFITS TO PLANNING AHEAD By Mary Meehan HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER Lexington attorney David Godfrey usually hears from seniors wanting to create living wills. Lately, he is hearing from people in their 30s and 40s. The highly publicized case of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman at the center of a legal controversy over the right-to-die, has people pondering the uncomfortable question of whether they would want to be kept alive when their brain has essentially died. A living will spells out exactly what...