by Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal – STORY HIGHLIGHTS New teachers will continue to be placed in the state’s traditional pension system. Teachers will continue to be able to use accrued sick days when determining their pension benefits. Educators can retire with full benefits at 60. FRANKFORT – In a rebuke of the General Assembly and blow…
BY LESLEY CLARK AND EMMA DUMAIN [email protected] [email protected] WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell had been defying the president and the president’s son-in-law — along with the Republican party in his own home state — as he refused to allow a vote on an overhaul of the nation’s criminal justice laws. The Senate Majority Leader relented Tuesday…
By AARON MUDD [email protected] Ahead of a ruling from the Kentucky Supreme Court, state Attorney General Andy Beshear said Gov. Matt Bevin is “fear-mongering” about the prospect of overturning a pension reform bill that was approved this year. “When Senate Bill 151 was passed, he said it was hardly a drop in the bucket,” Beshear…
BY ANNIE ANDERSEN | KENTUCKY FRANKFORT– Representative Jason Nemes has decided he will not be running for Attorney General in 2019. The Louisville attorney had been considering a run, but Tuesday announced he has decided against it. Nemes said after thinking it over, he thought it would take too much time from his family. The Republican…
by GINA KINSLOW [email protected] GLASGOW — Gov. Matt Bevin was in Glasgow on Monday for a community forum at the T.J. Health Pavilion, during which he answered questions from the audience on a variety of topics starting with him soon leading a U.S. delegation to India. Bevin was asked to lead the delegation by the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Karen Wilson, a 22-year employee of Kentucky state government, has joined the staff of the Kentucky Public Service Commission as its legislative liaison and executive advisor to the commissioners. Wilson most recently served a policy advisor in the Department of Energy Policy in the Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC). She previously held several…
by MICHON LINDSTROM | KENTUCKY FRANKFORT- The Kentucky House Republican caucus announced the members chosen to chair the budget subcommittees and co-chair ten statutory committees. Of the 18 positions–none are female. The House Budget Review Subcommittee determine how state dollars should be allocated in the biennium budget. While the statutory committee co-chair has a counterpart…
by LINDA BLACKFORD, [email protected] – A retired professor will get $620,000 and will be able to return to the University of Kentucky as part of a settlement to a lawsuit he filed alleging retaliation for criticizing Gov. Matt Bevin’s planned Medicaid rollback. In the settlement filed shortly before the case was to go before a jury,…
by Neeli Bendapudi, Opinion contributor – With the academic year in full swing and nearing its midway point, it is crucial that we celebrate the many ways in which school engagement activities lead to academic success, and the impact of arts education. Our duty, as educators and influencers of students, is to support these types of…
by MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY SPENCER COUNTY- It was a packed and friendly room for Gov. Matt Bevin’s latest community forum in Spencer County. Topics ranged from economic development, to pensions, to bringing in more tax dollars to the county. In the crowd, was a familiar scene–a sea of red–but for a different reason. The group of…
