by JOSH JAMES – A Kentucky senator says Lexington was the real loser in the two-year spending plan passed by the Republican-led Senate Wednesday. In addition to reinstated cuts to the state appropriation for the University of Kentucky and other public education institutions, the upper chamber also stripped out a provision issuing $60 million in bonds for…
by Phillip M. Bailey, @phillipmbailey – Metro Council violated a contract with University of Louisville Hospital when it voted to transfer part of an indigent care fund to augment road paving, according to a legal opinion from the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office. Council President David Yates, D-25th District, said the opinion vindicates his and other members’ view that a bipartisan majority hastily supported an amendment that bypassed the…
BY BILL ESTEP, [email protected] – A proposal introduced Wednesday in Congress would boost efforts to create jobs in an eight-county area of southeast Kentucky where the economy has been rattled by a sharp drop in coal employment. The bill, if passed, would create tax credits for hiring workers and speed up tax deprecation on certain business items…
