by Phillip M. Bailey – Advocates worry that Louisville’s pursuit of $50 million Smart Cities award is ‘hijacking’ local efforts. A coalition of transportation advocates is pressuring the city to be more transparent about its application for a $50 million award to revolutionize roadways. Louisville Forward, the city’s economic development agency, is preparing to jump in a national competition…
by The Associated Press – FRANKFORT, KY. – A Kentucky environmental group is ending an annual protest in Frankfort that called attention to a destructive surface mining practice known as mountaintop mining. Kentuckians for the Commonwealth says it will not be conducting the “I Love Mountains Day” for the first time in a decade. The rallies in…
by Joseph Gerth and Tom Loftus – FRANKFORT, Ky. – House Speaker Greg Stumbo on Wednesday questioned the legal authority of Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to cut the current year spending of most state agencies by 4.5 percent. Bevin’s plan to cut funding by that much in the current budget was part of his budget proposal Tuesday night, which also…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has proposed spending $6 billion on roads and bridges over the next six years. Bevin submitted his road plan to the state legislature on Wednesday, one day after he unveiled his two-year spending plan for the state’s general fund. The road fund is mostly made up of…
