by Melissa Reinert, [email protected] – A plan to get Northern Kentucky drug-free is about to get a boost, even as the plan’s initiator – the Northern Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy – begins to search for a new leader. State Rep. Kim Moser will transition from her role as former executive director to member of the Drug Control…
by LESLEY CLARK, [email protected] – WASHINGTON — EMILY’s List and NARAL, eager to spend record amounts to boost women and abortion rights advocates in the fall elections, are staying out of Kentucky — where one of the nation’s most prominent women candidates is running in one of the country’s most hotly contested congressional races. Neither group is…
by Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal – FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky lawmaker says he complied with “the letter and the spirit” of the state’s ethics code in taking a four-day trip to England that’s now at the heart of an FBI investigation that has led to the resignation of Ohio’s House speaker. Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, said…
by Michon Lindstrom – The alcohol industry in Kentucky is experiencing a boom right now. From distillers to microbreweries, more and more local businesses are popping up throughout the state. Kentucky’s signature spirit, bourbon has generated millions for the commonwealth and as craft beer is becoming more popular that industry is beginning to bring in…
By Alan Fram, Associated Press | WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he was canceling most of the Senate’s time-honored August recess, an election-year move that could help lawmakers clear extra work while keeping vulnerable Democratic senators off the campaign trail. McConnell, R-Ky., said he decided to shorten the usual summer getaway…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 25, 2018) – Last week the Louisville Metro Council passed an ordinance requiring nutritional standards and a healthy default beverage in children’s meals, the first in the nation to adopt the combined standards. The so-called “healthy-by-default” rule that passed 13-11 by the Louisville Metro Council aims to tackle the city’s skyrocketing childhood…
by Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier Journal – Published 10:30 a.m. ET May 31, 2018 | Updated 10:46 a.m. ET May 31, 2018 Mitch McConnell is one of the most prominent political figures in the country. Here are five facts about the Kentucky senator you may not have known. Valeria Merino/Courier-Journal Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is…
by WES SWIETEK [email protected] – Sandwiched by a pair of standing ovations and with an emotional close, retiring state Rep. Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, recounted his four decades in the state legislature at the Bowling Green Rotary Club meeting Wednesday at Bowling Green Country Club. Richards, who is a Rotary Club member, was first elected as…
by JANET PATTON, [email protected] – Woodford Reserve Distillery, known for its premium bourbon, is launching in a new direction: malt whiskey. The distillery outside of Versailles is releasing a blended malt whiskey beginning in June that will be a permanent addition to the Woodford Reserve line. Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Malt Whiskey is based on historical…
by Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier Journal – A timeline of how abortion rights have changed since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Valeria Merino/Courier-Journal/USA Today Network A federal judge has ordered that a law signed by Gov. Matt Bevin banning an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation will not be enforced in Kentucky until…
