by Madeline Janice – State Senator Whitney Westerfield says he will continue to fight for a proposed constitutional amendment known as Marsy’s Law despite failing to pass a bill two years in a row. Westerfield filed the bill, known as Marsy’s Law, both in 2016 and in 2017. It was one of a handful of constitutional amendments…
by Scott Wartman , swartman@nky.com When the federal government wants to get rid of properties, it can often take a while, leaving old government buildings vacant and rotting. In Northern Kentucky, for example, no one’s lived in the once regal, weather-beaten officers’ homes in Fort Thomas Tower Park for 15 years as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has…
by Ryland Barton – As Gov. Matt Bevin mulls whether to call a special session to deal with the state’s ailing pension system and tax structure, a class action lawsuit brought against the state by aggrieved teacher pensioners continues to make its way through the court system. The Teachers Retirement Legal Fund argues that state leaders have…
by RONNIE ELLIS, CNHI News Service – FRANKFORT – Kentucky’s troubled pension systems had some good news for lawmakers Monday, although they remain a long way from financial stability. And one of them — the County Employee Retirement System or CERS — wants to become independent of the state system and enjoys the support of…
By WYMT Staff | HARLAN COUNTY, (WYMT) – Flooding concerns continue this weekend after heavy rainfall. A Flash Flood Watch was issued for portions of southeastern Kentucky from Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Viewers sent us photos from Harlan County showing high water as a result of the rain. Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley said the Catrons Creek,…
by Grace Schneider , @gesinfk – Care Innovations LLC, a telehealth company from California, confirmed Thursday that it will add 24 workers at new offices on Fourth Street in downtown Louisville. The company, which specializes in the rapidly growing remote care delivery business, announced previously that it will build a campus downtown for research and development. The company,…
by ADAM BEAM, Associated Press – FRANKFORT, KY. — The little girl was 11, living in a foster care group home, when she ended up playing tag in a Louisville park with the daughters of a wealthy investment manager who would one day be Kentucky’s governor. Matt Bevin said he and his wife, Glenna, noticed how the…
by Andrew Wolfson , @adwolfson – The U.S. attorney’s office had decided it won’t prosecute Dr. David Dunn and two other former University of Louisville executives who were under investigation for allegedly misusing federal money for non-university purposes, their lawyers say. The Courier-Journal reported in December 2015 that the FBI was investigating whether Dunn, executive vice president for health…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Officials are seeking qualified candidates to serve on boards that oversee colleges in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. A statement from Gov. Matt Bevin’s office says there is an immediate need for applicants to serve these schools: Ashland, Big Sandy, Bluegrass, Elizabethtown, Gateway, Hazard, Henderson, Hopkinsville, Jefferson, Madisonville, Maysville, Owensboro,…
BY BILL ESTEP, bestep@herald-leader.com – A federal health agency wants to speed up research on non-addictive painkillers to help stem the epidemic of drug abuse in the nation. The National Institutes of Health plans to develop partnerships between public agencies and private businesses in hopes of cutting the time to develop treatments in half, Dr. Francis Collins…
