LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Kentucky Lottery Corporation has turned over its 5-billionth-dollar to the Commonwealth. The Kentucky Lottery started in 1989. Since then, money generated through the lottery has been given to the state. The Kentucky General Assembly decides how the money is distributed. When the lottery started, the money was given to Vietnam…
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the title of former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander. When state Rep. Chris Harris decided last week to back some gun regulations following the school shootings in Benton, Kentucky, and Parkland, Florida, he expected some feedback. But, wow. In the days since I wrote about the longtime…
Coal companies linked to the billionaire governor of West Virginia owe $2.9 million in delinquent property taxes in Kentucky, shorting schools and local government programs of money at a time many are struggling with tight finances. The biggest outstanding debt is in Knott County, where a company called Kentucky Fuel Corporation is $1.92 million behind…
By Chris Otts – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The University of Louisville Foundation has agreed to pay its former chief financial officer $175,000 to settle a lawsuit over his firing last year in the wake of two independent reports that criticized the organization for overspending and poor financial management. R. Jason Tomlinson, who became the…
by Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier Journal – Courier Journal reporter Thomas Novelly spends five minutes with Bullitt Co. special election candidate Rebecca Johnson before Tuesday’s election. Alton Strupp/Louisville Courier Journal An hour after being defeated by Linda Belcher in a special election in Bullitt County Tuesday night, a spokesman for Rebecca Johnson said she is claiming…
by JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — A judge ruled Tuesday that Attorney General Andy Beshear can hire outside attorneys to sue drug manufacturers and distributors without getting approval from the Bevin Administration. In a 12-page ruling, Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said Gov. Matt Bevin’s power to implement executive authority “does not authorize him to micro-manage…
Seven people in Central and Eastern Kentucky were in custody Monday morning after allegedly making threats over the weekend to schools in Jessamine, Knox and Clay counties. Two teens face terroristic threatening charges after allegedly using the image of an uninvolved third person to make a threat on social media against Jessamine County schools, according…
Originally published on February 19, 2018 8:33 am Each year, about 31,000 men and women in the U.S. are diagnosed with a cancer caused by an infection from the human papillomavirus, or HPV. It’s the most common sexually transmitted virus and infection in the U.S. In women, HPV infection can lead to cervical cancer, which…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Child care providers across Kentucky say the state’s switch to an online system that helps pay for day care for low-income parents is causing widespread problems for them and the families they serve. The move to “benefind” — which is supposed to be an online, one-stop shop for people seeking state benefits — is resulting…
The slogan for Estill County is “where the bluegrass kisses the mountains.” But since 2015 the county, population 15,000, is widely known as the place where radioactive material generated by the oil and gas industry in a process known as fracking was dumped near some schools. As the Ohio Valley ReSource reported in 2016, tons of waste from the drilling practice…