by DANIEL DESROCHERS, [email protected] – FRANKFORT — A prosecutor for the Legislative Ethics Commission has a copy of a secret settlement that four Republican House members made with a legislative employee who accused them of sexual harassment. Garry Adams, an attorney representing the former legislative employee, said the prosecutor had already obtained the settlement when Adams met…
by The Associated Press – FRANKFORT, KY — Kentucky’s “adoption czar” has left Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration seven months into his appointment, without explanation. The Courier-Journal reported Monday that a Cabinet for Health and Family Services spokesman said the state contract with Daniel Dumas had been terminated. He didn’t provide more details, and Dumas didn’t respond…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS – The McConnell Center at the University of Louisville is starting its latest lecture series with a discussion about hunger in Kentucky. The center says state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles will give a free, public talk on the subject on Jan. 24 at the Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium on the UofL campus.…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, [email protected] – FRANKFORT — Since 1895, Kentucky has elected its constitutional officers in odd number years. The legislature is hoping voters will change that in 2018. Legislators have proposed two bills, SB 4 and HB 2, that would change the constitution so Kentuckians would vote on the constitutional offices, like governor and attorney…
by Rick Howlett – Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has announced the creation of a cold case unit to investigate and work with victims involved in the state’s huge backlog of sexual assault cases. Beshear said with the help of a nearly $3 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department, police will be able to finish…
By Roxanne Scott – A seminar will be held in Louisville this week for immigrants in the business world as well as those with highly sought-out skills to learn more about visa options. The Louisville Immigration Seminar, hosted by the Bluegrass International Fund, will highlight options for workers who are professors, researchers, tech workers and those with…
NKyTribune staff – Dave Clark, senior VP of Worldwide Operations for Amazon Prime Air announced Friday on Twitter the purchase of an additional 210 acres of private land next to CVG along Aero Parkway. This is, says Clark, “additional land for the original Prime Air CVG project.” Amazon Corporate Communications said there was no further information…
by VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS, [email protected] – Six years ago, Monica Hall had $12,500 in state funding allocated for her operating budget for Booker T. Washington Elementary Family Resource Center where she is the coordinator. This year, she said that amount was $244. And more cuts could be coming. The mission of Kentucky’s 811 school-based Family Resource and…
The charges were sensational and news about them reverberated across the state: Billy Joe Miles, the former University of Kentucky board chairman and one of Western Kentucky’s most prominent businessmen, had been indicted on charges of rape and sodomy. Miles, 78, who was suffering from dementia, also was accused bribery in the September 2016 indictment, for…
A significant majority of Kentucky voters of all party affiliations support raising the state’s cigarette tax by $1 a pack, according to a new poll released Thursday by the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow. The poll, conducted by nationally renowned Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc., found that 69 percent of registered Kentucky voters support a $1 cigarette tax…
