by WBKO News Staff | MOREHEAD, Ky. (CNN) — As legislation passes through the Kentucky Senate to the House to regulate smoking in public schools and their events, so Kentucky students are inventing a “green” cigarette alternative. The group of three, made up by middle schoolers Andrew Witak, Megan Hodge, and Jake Linderman say they thought up their idea…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A medical doctor in the Kentucky Senate is leading the effort to restrict smoking in a state that leads the country in smoking rates. Republican state Sen. Ralph Alvarado has pushed several statewide workplace smoking bans only to fail in a state where the cultural and economic heft of tobacco has maintained its grip…
by Tom Loftus , @TomLoftus_CJ – FRANKFORT, Ky. – As Gov. Matt Bevin warns that Kentucky’s tax code is already riddled with more than 300 loopholes, state lawmakers continue to propose more tax breaks for everything from buying gold bullion to donating “apparently wholesome food.” “We exempt more income in Kentucky than we take in,” Bevin complained…
By Chris Otts – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Humana and Aetna abandoned their $37 billion merger on Tuesday, ending a 19-month effort to combine the companies. A federal judge dealt the fatal blow with a Jan. 23 order blocking Aetna’s proposed purchase of Humana on anti-competitive grounds. The companies had said they were considering appealing the ruling,…
by Antoinette Konz – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Kentucky lawmaker has filed a bill that would require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma. Sen. Jared Carpenter, a Republican from Berea, filed Senate Bill 159 on Friday, which would direct the Kentucky Department of Education to “prepare…
by Jason Riley – LOUISVILLE, Ky., (WDRB) – Three Kentucky Senators have filed a bill that would repeal a law requiring sexual and workplace harassment training for General Assembly members. In addition, Senate Bill 152 would reduce the required ethics training time for lawmakers from three hours to 30 minutes. The bill, filed Friday by Senators…
BY LINDA BLACKFORD, [email protected] – Some Kentucky State University faculty and alumni are pushing back after the school’s board of regents announced Friday that their $120,000 search for a new president had produced two finalists with controversial backgrounds and one with less than two years experience in higher education. Left off the list of finalists was interim…
by Phillip M. Bailey , @phillipmbailey – Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer talks Louisville’s poor neighborhoods, jobs, and Gov. Matt Bevin’s comments on gun violence in Louisville. Mayor Greg Fischer wants state lawmakers to consider giving Louisville better tools to prevent gun violence, including repealing a law that forbids police from destroying confiscated firearms. Speaking to Metro Council Democrats on Thursday,…
by Madeline Janicki – The words U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used to end a floor speech from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, have become a rallying cry among feminists and Democrats, and now Reebok is putting the phrase on a shirt. Last Tuesday, McConnell, R-Kentucky, defended the use of rule 19, a regulation that bars…
by WUKY STAFF – An Urban County Councilwoman has run into some substantial legal troubles. The Public Information officer for the Lexington Police Department says Sasha Love Higgins, who represents the city’s Second District, has been charged with second-degree forgery, theft by deception and identity theft. Brenna Angel tells media outlets they started an investigation after…
