by Phillip M. Bailey, Louisville Courier Journal Former Miss America Heather French Henry has filed paperwork indicating she will run for Kentucky secretary of state this year. French Henry, a Democrat, filed a letter of intent to raise and spend money on the race with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on Tuesday, according to documents obtained by…
NKyTribune staff The American Federation of Government Employees Council of Prison Locals is set to launch a billboard campaign in an effort to bring an end to the partial government shutdown. The campaign will specifically target U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, calling for him to bring House Resolution 21 to the Senate floor for…
By Ryan Van Velzer An invasive carp species with human-like molars threatens Kentucky’s endangered freshwater mussels. Last week, officials with Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources discovered the second location in the country where black carp seem to be naturally reproducing, according to a press release. Fisheries Biologist Andrew Stump said state employees found a juvenile specimen…
BY ANNIE ANDERSEN KENTUCKY COVINGTON– In just days, the videos of a Covington Catholic High School student and a Vietnam veteran at an Indiginous Peoples March have been seen millions of times, and in each version of the incident, more details are revealed. In short, a small group of men calling themselves Hebrew Israelites were at the National Mall yelling at both…
by Mike Snider, USA TODAY The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may call back more furloughed workers to bolster the agency’s inspection of high-risk foods. The FDA last week said it would restart inspections of high-risk foods that had been stopped due to the federal government shutdown, which began Dec. 22. At the time, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb…
A new, free benefit to support those caring for children with learning, social or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities comes to state employees in 2019. Rethink, a new mental health resource, allows parents to utilize live teleconsultations with behavior experts, access more than 1300 “how-to” videos, and use printable resources in a variety of topics.…
by Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier Journal Tim Feeley, the deputy secretary at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, said Friday he is resigning effective Jan. 31 from the job he has held for the past three years with Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration. Feeley, 62, a former family court judge in Oldham County, said he plans to…
By Lisa Gillespie A federal judge is delaying a lawsuit seeking to overturn Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s Medicaid changes. Judge James Boasberg granted the Department of Justice one additional week to respond to the suit because of the government shutdown. Lawyers for the federal government are on furlough and therefore have limitations on what cases they can…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — In the first meeting of the newly formed Public Pension Working Group on Tuesday, legislators heard an overview of pension system data and the latest numbers for the plans as they start the process of making a recommendation to the General Assembly for action by Feb. 15. The new pension group was…
BY JACK BRAMMER FRANKFORT — Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said he was “blown away” by revelations in two recent high-profiled public corruptions cases that revealed lax oversight of those who lobby the state’s executive branch of government. “What a lot of people don’t know is that individuals lobby the executive branch just as they…