by Associated PressStaff – An Alpha Natural Resources spokesman says the company plans to lay off 117 people when it shuts down a Kentucky coal mine in November. Spokesman Steve Hawkins tells the Lexington Herald-Leader that the company has issued a required 60-day layoff notice at the Process Energy Mine in Pike County, which is set to be closed…
by Tom Loftus and Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth – FRANKFORT, Ky. – Sarah Durand, the former president of the Louisville Tea Party, has resigned as chief of staff for Kentucky First Lady Glenna Bevin. Durand, who has been part of the Matt Bevin team since his 2014 campaign for the U.S. Senate, resigned just before the Labor Day weekend. Her two-sentence,…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, [email protected] – Just like Chicago Cubs fans, Republicans in Frankfort are saying this will be the year. For more than 90 years, Democrats have controlled the Kentucky House of Representatives, but Republicans are on the offensive in several House races this fall as Kentucky’s electorate continues its slow march to the political right. Democrats have…
