by Nick Storm, @NStorm_politics – Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is firing back against claims of massive voter fraud by President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, the White House said President Trump believes millions voted illegally in the November election. By Wednesday, Trump dug in on the position asserting that illegal immigrants gave former Democratic rival Hillary…
by MATT MARKGRAF – The CEO of a Paducah-based novelty ice cream company has issued an open letter to President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary, who for several years has taken to Twitter to air grievances over their branding. Dippin’ Dots CEO Scott Fischer said in the letter to Sean Spicer the company employs hundreds of Kentucky workers and has…
by James Bruggers , @jbruggers – Without any support from the Energy and Environment Cabinet or the Kentucky General Assembly, some question whether environmental advisory panel should continue to exist STORY HIGHLIGHTS Environmental Quality Commission has helped Kentucky navigate hot environmental topics since 1972. Commission has suffered from budget cuts and lack of political support. Commissioner says…
By Erica Peterson – When the legislature reconvenes next month, one of the bills lawmakers will be considering is a measure that could change Kentucky’s regulatory landscape. And experts say the changes could be particularly problematic for the state’s environmental regulations. It’s a piece of legislation that bill sponsor, Republican Rep. Kenny Imes, said is in the…
By Lisa Gillespie & Nicole Erwin, Ohio Valley ReSource – A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control offers a stark example of the declining power of medicine’s most important weapons against infectious disease. The CDC noted that a patient who died at a Nevada hospital last year had an infection that was resistant to 26 different antibiotic treatments. That’s…
by Grace Schneider , @gesinfk – A federal judge in Washington D.C. has dealt a huge blow to health insurer Aetna’s $37 billion bid to acquire Louisville’s Humana, backing regulators who’d argued that combining the companies will stifle competition in hundreds of markets around the country. Although Aetna and Humana can appeal Judge John Bates’ decision, a delay,…
by James Bruggers , @jbruggers – Agency warns of flooding, sink-holes from cave-ins, if it can’t do much more to shore up its aging infrastructure. STORY HIGHLIGHTS No rate proposal yet but engineers identify 23 percent increase this year to complete plan on time. MSD eyes plan to soften the blow to low-income customers. Agency wants residents…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – With more than three decades of experience in the appropriations committees in the House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Somerset, is adding to his biography by serving on three appropriations subcommittees in the 115th Congress. Rogers, who served as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 2011 to 2016, is serving on…
by Grace Schneider , @gesinfk – Health insurers Aetna and Louisville-based Humana should know this month whether a federal judge will side with the government to block the companies’ proposed $37 billion merger or give it the green light. After hearing final arguments in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. on Dec. 30, Judge John Bates told the…
by Don Weber, @DonWeber_cn2 – WILLIAMSTOWN – According to Williamstown attorney and former 4th district Democratic Congressional candidate Bill Adkins, it’s time for Democrats to tell the truth when it comes to the future of coal in the state. Adkins, a Letcher County native, says for too long Democrats in the state have cried about the loss of coal…
