by Beth Klasskin, @bklasskin – Editor’s Note: This is a four-part series looking at the stories of refugees living in Kentucky and their effect on the economy. In the summer of 1994, 18-year-old Fernando Martinez boarded a raft on the shores of communist-led Cuba in the dark, early morning hours. Martinez, his mother and six others were desperate…
by Deborah Yetter , @d_yetter – Highlights from Matt Bevin’s first year in office A look back at some of the memorable quotes and moments from Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin during his first year in office. Gov. Matt Bevin last week took another shot at Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear over a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a…
BY VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS, vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com – Local school boards would be able to oversee a public charter school pilot project in Fayette and Jefferson counties under legislation State Sen. Gerald Neal, D-Louisville, has prefiled for the 2017 General Assembly. Beginning in academic year 2018-2019 and continuing through academic year 2022-2023, the charter school pilot project would allow…
by Kevin Wheatley, @KWheatley_cn2 – FRANKFORT — The chairman of a House committee investigating the delay of an $11 million road project in Jessamine County has resigned after he says House Speaker Greg Stumbo denied his request to subpoena a Democratic lawmaker who accused Gov. Matt Bevin of retaliating against him. Rep. Jim Wayne, D-Louisville, submitted his resignation during…
by James Bruggers , @jbruggers – Scott Pruitt has called EPA regulations “coercion” and has fought to slow down the move away from fossil fuels. Video provided by Newsy Newslook Environmental advocates are in a full code-red alert with the President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but back in Kentucky Oklahoma Attorney General…
By RYLAND BARTON – The Kentucky Board of Education has approved a list of principles to guide state policymakers if the legislature passes a bill clearing the way for charter schools in the state. Kentucky is one of seven states that don’t allow charters — schools that use public dollars but are operated by organizations besides the state…
BY CURTIS TATE, ctate@mcclatchydc.com – WASHINGTON — A bill to keep the government funded through the end of April does not include a provision that would have made it easier for the horse racing industry to hire foreign guest workers who groom horses and perform other jobs. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association wants Congress to renew an exemption to the H2B…
BY GINA KINSLOW gkinslow@glasgowdailytimes.com – MUNFORDVILLE — Hart County has joined about a dozen other counties across the state in adopting an ordinance promoting economic development and commerce or right-to-work legislation. The ordinance — adopted on first reading Thursday — gives Hart County workers the option to join or not join a union. “We did…
by Deborah Yetter , @d_yetter 1:59 p.m. EST December 7, 2016 FRANKFORT, Ky. — Beaten regularly with a belt, pushed into cold showers, forced to drink garlic water and made to sit at a kitchen table for 12 to 13 hours a day writing sentences as supposed home schooling, the young girl from Southeastern Kentucky was nearly dead when she was admitted…
by Sheldon S. Shafer , @sheldonshafer – Kentucky Lottery sales are ahead of last year but slightly below budget. That mixed picture emerged Friday from a meeting in Louisville of the lottery corporation’s directors. Maggie Garrison, the lottery’s corporate controller, told the board that year-to-date (July 1 through Oct. 31) statewide ticket sales totaled $314.3 million, or nearly…