by RONNIE ELLIS CNHI News Service – FRANKFORT — When state coffers were flush in the 1990s, lawmakers were happy to sweeten the pie for state workers and retirees, adding cost of living adjustments and other enhancements to their retirement benefits. Now with the state pension funds collectively facing $38 billion (some say it could be…
by Deborah Yetter and Tom Loftus , The Courier-Journal – Stunning advocates who have fought for years for a law to get better help for severely mentally ill people, Gov. Matt Bevin on Monday vetoed a bill known as “Tim’s Law” aimed at ending the cycle of jail, hospitalization and homelessness experienced by some who don’t get proper…
by LISA AUTRY – The Logan County Justice Center is expected to reopen this afternoon following a suspected bomb threat. A bailiff who was opening up the building Monday morning noticed what appeared to be an explosive device strapped to the rear door of the justice center. The Kentucky State Police’s Hazardous Devices Unit determined the device…
By Taylor Frost | PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – The Scholar House of Central Appalachia (SHCA) offers single parents housing and the opportunity to get a college education. Currently, they are accepting applications. LaTasha Friend, SHCA client, said her life has been changed because of this organization. “Me and my two daughters really just wanted a new leaf…
(WYMT) – Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) officials say 10 employees are affected by staffing adjustments, citing budget and enrollment woes. “It is not uncommon to notify a few people each year that their contracts will not be renewed. This year, 10 positions were affected. Two of those were at the Whitesburg campus,” officials said in…
by Chris Mayhew , cmayhew@communitypress.com – Campbell County High School’s first-place victory in in the quiz matches of the Kentucky Governor’s Cup state finals made them Northern Kentucky’s winningest academic team ever. “We did it,” Campbell County coach and teacher Christopher Manker said. “Campbell County just won the Governor’s Cup quick recall state championship. They are the first team…
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Kentucky’s new law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound exam before an abortion faces its first legal challenge Thursday in a federal courtroom. A judge will hear arguments on whether to order a temporary halt to the law passed by the state’s Republican-led Legislature and signed by Gov. Matt Bevin in January. The…
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – Gov. Matt Bevin has signed a law allowing Kentuckians to purchase voluntary travel IDs to replace their standard drivers’ licenses. Records show Bevin signed House bill 410 on Tuesday. The law seeks to comply with the federal Real ID Act of 2005, passed in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks. For an…
by Allison Ross , @allisonSross – Jefferson County Public Schools said Tuesday that it has discovered that a controversial salary study that was released in April has a major mistake that made it seem that the district was paying a lot more in “premium” salaries than it is. In April, the state’s largest school district released information from…
by James Bruggers , @jbruggers – This is just the latest twist in a conflict over solid waste management in Louisville and Jefferson County Perhaps as its final act, the local solid waste authorized the Jefferson County Attorney’s office to sue Kentucky over a new law that dramatically shakes up how solid waste will be overseen in…
