By ASSOCIATED PRESS Kentucky’s lieutenant governor has told the state’s personnel secretary that she intends to defy a decision by Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration to dismiss her deputy chief of staff. In an email, Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton said her ousted aide, Adrienne Southworth, will “continue to assist me as deputy chief.” Southworth will track…
BY LESLEY CLARK AND KEVIN G. HALL JUNE 05, 2019 05:41 PM WASHINGTON A Russian-backed aluminum mill trying to set up shop in Kentucky insists it is outside the scope of any review by a special government panel charged with scrutinizing foreign investment that could cause national security concerns. A statement to McClatchy Wednesday from…
By Billy Kobin, Louisville Courier Journal Six Kentucky nursing homes, including two Louisville facilities, have been named in a U.S. Senate report on nursing homes with a “persistent record of poor care.” Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, a Republican, and Bob Casey, a Democrat, released the names of nearly 400 nursing homes nationwide with poor safety records…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM PUBLISHED 4:40 PM ET JUN. 04, 2019 FRANKFORT- Kentucky has some of the strictest ethics laws in the nation. The Legislative Ethics Commission says there are only a handful or so of other states who hold legislators to the high standard. Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a…
By Tom Loftus FRANKFORT – The state Supreme Court has rebuffed the initial legal maneuver in the Bevin administration’s appeal of a court order requiring it to disclose a financial analysis of the governor’s original pension reform plan called “Keeping the Promise.” On Friday, Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. ruled that the Bevin administration’s emergency motion…
By Caitlin McGlade It was Kinley Karole’s first race, ever. On a Thursday nearly two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, the crowd at Churchill Downs was sparse. The 3-year-old filly came out of the gate slow. For the first minute, she trailed far behind the pack. When she started to catch up, her back leg…
By Associated Press Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said Monday that he doesn’t know anything about the circumstances leading to the dismissal of a key aide to his lieutenant governor — a shake-up that prompted Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton to send out a tweet asking for prayers in her fight against “dark forces.” Bevin told reporters…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM PUBLISHED 6:16 PM ET JUN. 03, 2019 FRANKFORT- There is less than a month until July 1 and lawmakers don’t appear to be any closer to a special session. Last week, Gov. Matt Bevin said the “onus” is on lawmakers to get enough votes to pass his version of a pension reform…
By Ryland Barton A federal appeals court has upheld a Kentucky law that bans lobbyists from giving gifts to state legislators or donating to their campaigns. Republican state Sen. John Schickel filed a lawsuit in 2015 to try and get the rule struck down, saying it violated his First Amendment rights. Schickel argued that the…
BY EVA MCKEND PUBLISHED 9:03 AM ET JUN. 03, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – Despite long odds, House Democrats are continuing their push for a number of national Medicare-for-All and public option plans. “Several of these proposals aim to make health insurance more affordable, either by eliminating premiums, reducing premiums, eliminating cost sharing and providing benefits that…
