In announcing a pension reform plan Wednesday, Gov. Matt Bevin said a special session to consider the proposal won’t be called until “we’re ready.” He said the session would be five days, the minimum number of days it takes for a bill to get through the legislative process. He previously has promised to call a special session…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 16, 2017) – Gov. Matt Bevin today made the following appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions: Rebecca Lynn Brady, Anthony James Cowherd, Mary Bach, Charles Boyd II, Billy Glenn Turpin, Mark Reding, Samuel Moore, Marc Brian Ashby and Sharon Furches have been appointed to the State Board of Agriculture. Rebecca Lynn Brady,…
A Republican leader in the Kentucky Senate still believes the General Assembly is on target to hold a late October or early November special session on pension reform. A party colleague in the House says it will likely be a harder vote for freshmen lawmakers. Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer and Erlanger Representative Adam Koenig…
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is urging U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Bowling Green to support passage of the federal budget. The chamber says this is the first step toward federal tax reform. In a letter to Sen. Paul, the chamber advocates lowering the corporate tax rate, and simplifying the tax code. Kate Shanks is…
PRINCETON, Ky. — The Kentucky Soybean Board partnered with the University of Kentucky to develop an app to help Kentucky soybean producers to accurately calculate and compare the price offered by elevators, considering delivery costs and high-moisture penalties for grain as it is harvested. While increased on-farm storage has decreased the amount of beans that…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Statistics show that the University of Louisville’s enrollment and growth have been relatively unscathed so far during a series of scandals at the school.The Courier-Journal reports that UofL’s enrollment increased 4 percent between 2005 and 2016. But some are wondering how long the university’s luck can last. John Thelin, a university research…
A Republican state lawmaker has prefiled a bill for the 2018 General Assembly that would mandate that the governor annually proclaim the last Wednesday in September as ‘A Day of Prayer for Kentucky’s Students.’ State Rep. Regina Huff’s legislation says the Governor shall “call upon the citizens of the state, in accordance with their own…
WASHINGTON — An influential array of ultra-conservative leaders is calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to resign, calling him a “failure” who “has cost Republicans almost a year of victories.” “He has demonstrated that he either does not understand the frustration coming from conservatives and the urgency of passing key legislation – or he does…
The federal government has given Kentucky nearly $3 million to search for forgotten rape kits among the state’s hundreds of law enforcement agencies and test them in an effort to close out its backlog of sexual assault cold cases. Kentucky had already identified and tested more than 3,000 previously untested rape kits, resulting in multiple…
The Republican Party of Kentucky has filed a complaint against a group that paid for billboards critical of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Louisville recently, accusing Indivisible Kentucky of failing to file an independent expenditure report and disclose its donors. In the complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, RPK says the 501(c )(4) should…