by JOHN CHEVES, jcheves@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s public pension debt just got a few billion dollars bigger. On Thursday, the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees approved more pessimistic assumptions about the investment returns for state pension funds and the growth of state government payroll. The board debated but delayed voting on a similarly stark set of assumptions for…
BY: Sheldon S. Shafer , @sheldonshafer Big plans are in the works to develop the former Foodport site at Muhammad Ali Boulevard and Market Street in West Louisville with what the backers describe as a $200 million research park. A group of West End ministers led by the Rev. Charles Elliott plan a news conference Thursday,…
BY VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com Some Central Kentucky school districts, including Fayette County, are among those across the nation that withhold a hot meal and instead offer a cheese sandwich and a carton of milk when students have a longstanding unpaid bill. Those students’ families earn too much income to be eligible for the government’s…
by Don Weber – UNION – The Boone County Republican Party has called for the resignation of Commonwealth’s Attorney Linda Tally-Smith, a Republican, who had an extramarital affair with the lead detective who worked the case which ultimately led to the conviction of David Dooley in the 2012 murder of Michelle Mockbee at a warehouse where they both…
By Whitney Davis | BOWLING GREEN, KY. (WBKO) — Western Kentucky University appeared in Warren Circuit Court Monday morning after filing a lawsuit against its student run newspaper, the College Heights Herald. The purpose of the court appearance was to give both the Attorney General’s Office and WKU a chance to argue why the case should or should not be…
by Darla Carter , @PrimeDarla – Some mental-health and youth advocates are relieved that Our Lady of Peace won’t be closing as part of an ongoing restructuring of KentuckyOne Health. The health system announced Friday that it will keep Our Lady of Peace but plans to let go of other local properties, such as Jewish Hospital, Frazier Rehab…
by KEVIN WILLIS – The Secretary of Kentucky’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet says he’s thrilled with the impact of the state’s needle exchange programs. John Tilley believes the 32 local needle exchange efforts in Kentucky represent a change in how the state is facing the growing problems of opioid addiction, and diseases spread through the use…
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – Kentucky officials say grants totaling $4.6 million have been awarded to Kentucky counties for recycling, household hazardous waste and composting. The Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Waste Management said in a news release the grants are to expand recycling infrastructure, reduce solid waste going into landfills, ensure proper management of household…
by JOSH JAMES – Analysts predict health insurance premiums could go up by as much as $8000 a year for people age 50 and older under the American Health Care Act in its current form. In addition to removing protections for people with pre-existing conditions, the bill would allow insurers to charge as much as five times…
by JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — Mike Biagi, executive director of the Kentucky Republican Party since Aug. 1, 2015, who helped the GOP capture the state House last year for the first time in 95 years, is leaving the position to join a lobbying group. Biagi will be joining the Louisville-based The Rotunda Group in June. It is a…