Why study bourbon if you can’t taste it?

by Bailey Loosemore , @bloosemore – Kentucky distilleries and breweries are in the middle of a building boom — and that means a lot of jobs will be added in and around the beverage industry. But will the state’s workforce be able to fill them? Universities across the state aren’t waiting to find out. They’ve implemented programs that combine…

‘War on Louisville’ bill moves through Senate committee

by Phillip M. Bailey and Morgan Watkins , The Courier-Journal – A brief look at nine issues that will be getting attention at Kentucky’s next General Assembly. Scott Utterback/The CJ A Senate committee approved a bill Thursday morning that would give Kentucky’s governor the power to fill vacancies in Louisville, although significant changes were made overnight to make the proposal more…

Public colleges and universities would move to performance-based funding model under bill that cleared Senate committee

by Kevin Wheatley – FRANKFORT — Funding for the state’s postsecondary schools would be based on the numbers of degrees they confer, students enrolled, credit hours earned and other factors under legislation passed by the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee on Tuesday. Senate Bill 153, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem David Givens, would codify a performance-based funding model…