WYMT – FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Governor Matt Bevin has appointed former Public Service Commission Director Talina Rose Mathews to serve on the panel that regulates utilities across the state. A statement from the governor’s office says Mathews will immediately begin serving a four-year term on the Public Service Commission that is subject to confirmation by…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – A public clash between Kentucky’s two most powerful politicians will have to wait another year. A spokesman for Gov. Matt Bevin says the Republican chief executive will skip the annual “political speaking” at the Fancy Farm picnic, a Kentucky tradition that forces politicians to trade insults on statewide television all while enduring…
BY Phillip M. Bailey , @phillipmbailey Louisville has already started to see an economic impact due to California’s decision to forbid state-funded travel to Kentucky, Mayor Greg Fischer said Wednesday evening. In a tweet Wednesday, Fischer said an unnamed convention is leaving the city due to California’s ban. “We are very concerned about others,” the mayor added on Facebook.…
A group of prominent Northern Kentucky business and civic leaders have created a new community-wide foundation that will focus on funding key community needs and programs in Northern Kentucky. They have engaged Nancy Humphrey Grayson as president. The Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky aims to increase philanthropic giving by Northern Kentucky individuals, corporations and…
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Campbellsville University will offer its first doctoral program beginning this fall. University President Michael V. Carter said in a statement that the Ph.D. in management is an “exciting and historic moment” for the private Christian school in central Kentucky. The program will offer specializations in leadership management, human resource management and…
by Thomas Novelly , The Courier-Journal – If you purchased fireworks for the Fourth of July outside of Kentucky, you might have to look over them again. A popular brand of smoking fireworks sold at Albertsons, Kroger, Meijer, Target, Wal-Mart was recalled Tuesday after it was discovered the product caused burn injuries and an unintended explosion. The product…
BY JOHN HINGSBERGEN Lexington Mayor Jim Gray is joining the mayor of Kentucky’s largest city in asking the state of California to exempt them from a ban on travel to Kentucky. As WEKU’s John Hingsbergen reports, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer sent his letter Monday. The ban on state-funded travel, announced last week, is aimed at places…
ByRyland Barton – A Kentucky lawmaker has filed legislation that would move elections for statewide offices like governor, attorney general and secretary of state to the same years that presidential elections take place. If approved, the proposal would extend the terms of Kentucky’s next governor and other constitutional officeholders by one year, giving the elected officials…
BY ASHLIE STE- Soozie Eastman, the executive director of the Louisville Film Society, says for decades Kentucky had the reputation of being “flyover country” for filmmakers. In fact, that’s where the society’s annual film festival gets its name. But this year, as preparations are being made for the 9th Annual Flyover Film Festival, things are feeling…
BY BILL ESTEP bestep@herald-leader.com – A national coal group is opposing a bill sponsored by Eastern Kentucky’s Republican congressman that would accelerate the release of $1 billion for reclamation projects on abandoned mine lands.The bill, known by the acronym RECLAIM and sponsored by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers of Somerset, is scheduled for a hearing Tuesday at…