AmeriCorps service grants to state totaling $6.5 million include three Northern Kentucky programs

 Kentucky has received more than $6.5 million in AmeriCorps federal funding for 23 programs with more than 800 total members, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) announced Tuesday.Most of the programs were funded through an annual grant competition by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency that engages…

GOP tax reform will spur wage increases, Sen. McConnell and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin say

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and federal Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday that tax reform envisioned by Republicans will unburden businesses and allow workers to receive wage increases. Mnuchin said that “over 80 percent of business taxes is born by the worker,” so cutting the corporate income tax rate will make companies more competitive…