By WKYT News Staff | Posted: Wed 5:20 AM, Jul 10, 2019 | Updated: Wed 7:07 AM, Jul 10, 2019 FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – A special session on pension reform appears to be only a few days away. House Majority Leader John Carney, R-Campbellsville, told the Lexington Herald-Leader that leadership has been told July 19 is, “the most likely date to start…
BY JONATHON GREGG KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 6:32 PM ET JUL. 09, 2019 LOUISVILLE, Ky- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has literally written the book on how to have a long career in politics. His 2016 memoir is actually titled, “The Long Game,” and a win in 2020 could be the beginning of a fitting epilogue to a long,…
By Jacqueline Pitts, The Bottom Line Scott Jennings, left, and Matt Jones FRANKFORT, Ky. — Ahead of the highly-anticipated general election in November, Matt Jones and Scott Jennings will discuss Kentucky politics at the Kentucky Chamber’s Business Summit on Thursday, July 11. Scott Jennings is a political contributor for CNN, co-founder and partner of a public relations…
By Emily Bennett | HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Update Several hundred miners and their families attended the meeting in Harlan County. “Until today we didn’t know who to help,” said Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley. “We didn’t know your name we didn’t know your address we didn’t know your phone number. We didn’t know…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ending months of speculation, former fighter pilot Amy McGrath announces she’s running against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020. McGrath announced her candidacy similar to the way she announced her bid for the Sixth Congressional District, with a well made video. In the video titled “The Letter”, McGrath explains…
By The Associated Press | FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A group formed by the legislature to study the feasibility of privatizing foster care says Kentucky should focus on strengthening the system it already has. The study group’s 26-page report was published Friday. It urges state officials to remember that privatization “is not a `silver-bullet.”‘ The report says the…
By Associated Press | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Churchill Downs says its new gaming venue is already paying dividends for horsemen racing at the Louisville track. Track officials say Churchill paid a record $32.2 million in prize money to horsemen during its recently ended spring meet. It was up nearly 45% from the amount paid…
By STU JOHNSON A Kentucky equine veterinarian believes the recently released “mortality review report” can help reduce horse racing deaths. The increased scrutiny comes following a spike in horse fatalities at a well-known California track. The unusually high number of horse deaths at Santa Anita over the last year got the attention of many in…
By Andrew Wolfson, Louisville Courier Journal A Kentucky judge has struck down the state’s death penalty protocol as unconstitutional because it does not explicitly prohibit the execution of prisoners with intellectual disabilities. Ruling on a motion brought by a dozen inmates on death row, Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled Tuesday that the regulation is invalid…
By Phillip M. Bailey, Louisville Courier Journal U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie may be a darling among libertarians and constitutional conservatives, but the Kentucky Republican is the target of some who are actively recruiting a primary challenger for 2020. Two independent sources with knowledge of campaign discussions say state Rep. Kim Moser, R-Taylor Mill, is being groomed for a…
