FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2017) — Damon Preston has been appointed Kentucky’s next Public Advocate, continuing his decades of steadfast work at the Department of Public Advocacy (DPA) on behalf of indigent clients, Gov. Matt Bevin and Justice Secretary John Tilley announced today. Preston is taking the helm after 20 years of service at key…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2017) — The Legislative Research Commission (LRC) is enjoying across-the-board improvements in staff satisfaction and morale, according to a survey conducted by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). LRC employees are increasingly likely to agree that the agency follows consistent hiring practices, provides useful feedback to employees, addresses problems, acknowledges employee…
On the grassy lawn outside the Anderson County courthouse, along with monuments honoring Anderson countians who served in World War I, World War II and the Mexican-American War, stands a marble statue of a Confederate soldier. The mustached man wears a broad-brimmed hat and holds his rifle in his hand. The stone base on which…
The percentage of Kentucky public high school graduates meeting the state’s college-readiness benchmarks on the ACT college-entrance exam in reading and mathematics increased marginally, but slightly fewer students met the state English benchmark, according to data released by ACT. Commissioner Stephen Pruitt said the report indicates that Kentucky still has “some serious work ahead of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Supreme Court will hear arguments in six civil cases next week in Frankfort. A statement from the court says justices will convene September 20th and 21st at the state Capitol to hear a variety of cases from Jefferson, Fayette, Jackson and Boyle counties. The proceedings are open to the…
A Kentucky television station says a judge has ruled that police must seek a subpoena to try to obtain unedited video of an interview with a suspect. WDRB-TV said Jefferson County Circuit Judge McKay Chauvin (sho-VAN’) also said Tuesday he didn’t believe a search warrant, which he signed last week, was inappropriate. Chauvin said that…
The university called the impact of the campaign “transformative,” while its new president, Susan M. Donovan, said she hopes to move the institution “to even greater prominence and impact in the local, regional and global society.” The private, Catholic institution, which is in the Highlands, has about 4,000 students, including 2,650 undergraduates. Enrollment has grown…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists Kentucky among the three states with the highest rates of death due to drug overdose. While there’s no easy answer, officials who run a Northern Kentucky jail believe they have a program that could be part of the solution, using medication-assisted treatment. Up on the side of…
by Jason Riley – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – WDRB News is fighting what its attorney calls a “clearly illegal“ search warrant obtained by Louisville Metro Police that would allow officers to comb through the station’s newsroom and access computers, notes and unpublished material gathered for a recent news story about a suspect in a police…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – SEPTEMBER 01, 2017 3:03 PM — In New Jersey they turned to the state lottery. In Illinois they raised taxes. In South Dakota they lowered their cost-of-living adjustments. Kentucky has one of the worst-funded pension systems in the country, but it isn’t alone. Following the Great Recession, about 75 percent of…