by WILL PERKINS wperkins@glasgowdailytimes.com – GLASGOW – U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie made himself available to community members on Wednesday at the T.J. Health Pavilion Community Center. What began as one-on-one discussion became a group question-and-answer session after a few community members requested such a format and Guthrie agreed to the change. Guthrie then stood in…
by Nick Storm, @NStorm_politics – A Louisville-based Republican-leaning think tank has released their proposal to reform the state’s tax code, as the General Assembly prepares for a promised special session later this year. The Pegasus Institute has published two separate tax reform plans they say will grow Kentucky’s economy. “The tax code is the number one way that a…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – Two of Kentucky’s most bitter rivals will meet in court twice over the next 10 days in legal battles that could help shape the state’s future in both politics and policy. Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear has sued Republican Gov. Matt Bevin four times over his use of executive orders to reshape…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — Gov. Matt Bevin said Tuesday that the state will handle reform of the tax and pension systems separately, potentially indicating the need for two special legislative sessions this year. “I think we will deal with them one at a time,” Bevin said in an interview Tuesday with WHAS radio host Terry Meiners.…
The U.S. Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment has awarded The Pennyrile Area Development District nearly $1.7 million for economic development efforts around Fort Campbell. The money will pay for advanced manufacturing training equipment and programs at nearby higher education institutions and the formation of a nonprofit group supporting the military community. PEADD Associate…
BLUE CREEK, Ohio (CBS) – On a winding trail in southeastern Ohio, four children symbolize the devastating consequences of the opioid epidemic, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds. Delaney, Liam, Finnian and Connally are living with their aunt Suzanne Valle now. She and her husband are raising them as their own because their parents are heroin…
by RICK HOWLETT & ASSOCIATED PRESS – A Maysville woman who died while trying to save her children from a house fire and a man who rescued a truck driver from a burning vehicle were honored in a ceremony Monday in Frankfort. Lori Kearney and Lou Scharold were awarded the national Carnegie Hero Medal during the ceremony…
(WYMT) – Booth Energy closures will impact 217 employees next month. A notice was filed with the Kentucky Career Center Wednesday. The closure is effective September 30 and impacts workers in Martin, Johnson and Floyd counties. The notice listed the following job titles/classifications would be affected: Matrix Mine #1, Eagle Mine #25, Pinnacle Preparation Plant, Mine Supply Sales,…
by LINDA BLACKFORD, lblackford@herald-leader.com – The former chief financial officer of UK HealthCare has accused University of Kentucky officials of firing him in 2012 after he complained that he wasn’t being paid as much as other people in similar roles, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Franklin Circuit Court. Sergio Melgar was hired at UK…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – A Kentucky state lawmaker criticized for trying to pass legislation that would have benefited his liquor store business has been cleared of a criminal charge filed against him earlier this year. Rep. Wesley Morgan was charged in April after police in Barbourville caught him moving alcoholic beverages between two of the four…