FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky home-school students could try out for public school sports teams under a bill that has passed the state House of Representatives. Lawmakers approved House Bill 58 55-34 on Tuesday. The bill would let home-school students try out for teams at schools they would have been assigned to attend or have…
by Morgan Watkins and Tom Loftus , The Courier-Journal – FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky House approved another abortion-related measure Tuesday night, passing the bill that would reduce Planned Parenthood’s access to federal family planning funds. Senate Bill 8, passed on a 75-13 vote, is likely the Republican-controlled Assembly’s final salvo targeting abortion rights during this year’s legislative session, which…
BY JOHN CHEVES, jcheves@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Senate is getting a bill that would create a public corporation authorized to collect $7.5 million a year to diversify the struggling local economies of the state’s coal regions. The Senate budget committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Senate Bill 215, establishing the Kentucky Coal Fields Endowment Authority. Money for the…
HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – Forest fires broke out across Eastern Kentucky Sunday afternoon. Officials with the Division of Forestry tell WYMT they responded to 18 fires on Sunday, nine of which are now contained. We are told the largest fire was reported in Perry County near the Vicco community. It is 45 acres in size.…
by Terry DeMio , tdemio@enquirer.com – Tobler, Caupain, Johnson go out in styleThe Enquirer/Tom Groeschen More doctors than ever in the United States are armed with a medication scientifically proven to fight the heroin and opioid epidemic. Yet many don’t prescribe it to as many patients as they are authorized to help. Research published in the American Journal…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) – Fort Campbell says it’s expecting three members of Congress to visit the post this week to learn about military readiness and budget effects. A news release from the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border said Republican U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry of Texas and Marsha Blackburn and Diane Black of Tennessee will…
by Andrew Wolfson , @adwolfson – University of Louisville’s $48 million budget shortfall has claimed its first victims. The university on Tuesday notified seven employees in the president’s office that they will be laid off, spokesman John Karman said. The reduction leaves five employees in that office, which once had a staff of about 20, he said.…
by Don Weber – FRANKFORT – A bill which would implement a statewide judicial redistricting plan designed to reallocate judicial resources and relocate judges was passed by the full Senate on Wednesday by a vote of 23-13. Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, would also add 16 family court judges but remove 15 circuit and…
BY DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — A bill that would divide Kentucky’s ailing pension systems was put on hold Thursday but will be considered again during an expected special law-making session later this year to deal with tax reform and pension funding, Gov. Matt Bevin said Thursday. “The most critical thing is to make sure we get this right,”…
by Beth Warren , @BethWarrenCJ – An elite Louisville task force that intercepted shipments of heroin and other illegal drugs at UPS’ worldwide hub — considered a “primary” drug pipeline for the region — has been disbanded following a police scandal. Louisville Metro Police had led the multi-agency task force for more than a decade, until a probe by the…