Members of the Kentucky Senate are expected to vote this week on a two year budget. A vote before the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee could come as early as Tuesday. Senate consideration of pension reforms have stalled. WEKU’S Stu Johnson asked Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer if the biennial budget document could include…
A Paris farmer with operations in several Central Kentucky counties grossed $2.6 million through fraudulent crop-insurance claims and other illegal acts, a federal grand jury has charged. Ronnie Jolly, 46, was indicted March 1 but the charges were sealed until Tuesday. Jolly owned or rented farm land in Bourbon, Scott, Bath, Fleming and Montgomery counties…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT/WKYT) – One bill that would increase benefits for families of men and women who die in the line of duty hit a roadblock. Members of the Kentucky House did not even bring up the bill during a committee meeting Tuesday. A group of people including officers and their families went to the committee…
LEXINGTON– Attorney General Jeff Sessions will travel to Lexington Thursday to meet with families of overdose victims and deliver remarks on the opioid epidemic. Sessions will hold a roundtable with families of victims, before delivering a speech at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Session was in Louisville on January 30 delivering…
HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) — Dozens of teachers voiced their opinion on pensions in front of the Perry County Kentucky Education Association (KEA) office before a meeting to discuss the issue Monday. “We go into this job because we love what we do, and our pay is not great, but the benefit was promised to us,” said…
Thirty-two states, including some known for being tough on crime, provide compensation by statute to people who were wrongfully incarcerated. Kentucky is not among them. A proposal to provide such relief in Kentucky failed to get out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2001 when it was proposed by state Sen. General Neal, D-Louisville. Then-Chairman Robert Stivers,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 12, 2018) – Gov. Matt Bevin has made the following appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions: Paul A. Tenkotte, Timothy C. Peters, Linda Ann Carroll and Judi Patton have been appointed as members of the Kentucky Heritage Council. Dr. Paul A. Tenkotte, of Covington, is a professor of history and director of Northern Kentucky…
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There’s more support than ever for marijuana legalization and that includes Republicans. Time U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is all in for Kentucky’s medical marijuana bill. House Bill 166, which has gained support of Republicans and Democrats in the Kentucky legislature, would allow patients with certain conditions to use the drug. “I believe decisions on how to…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Morehead State University student Chandra Burnett, 23, a longtime user of contact lenses, said it gets old going every year to the eye doctor and paying around $90 to have her prescription renewed, as required by Kentucky law. “It’s only good for a year,” she said. “My prescription hasn’t changed for three…
