by ALAN LYTLE & LAURA CULLEN GLASSCOCK & KENTUCKY GAZETTE – Lawmakers in Frankfort have been meeting for more than a month but still haven’t tackled public pensions, passed a state budget, or a tax reform package. WUKY’s Alan Lytle talks with Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette about an…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – Three hundred people have filed to run for a seat in the Kentucky General Assembly in 2018, including nearly 100 women. But which of those candidates do you actually need to pay attention to? We made two maps to help out. All 100 House districts are up for grabs in 2018.…
In this University of Louisville Athletic Association meeting on June 2, 2017, interim President Greg Postel praises the review of then-athletic director Tom Jurich. University of Louisville While the University of Louisville was announcing a new law firm and a change in strategy for dealing with Tom Jurich and Rick Pitino last Thursday, Jurich’s representatives were in Frankfort seeking…
This is a developing story; please check back for updates. Louisville’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center Director Martin Traxler resigned Friday, the same day the federal agency asked for his removal. Traxlar was accused of “whistle blower retaliation, conduct unbecoming of a senior executive and lack of candor,” according to a statement from the Office of…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2018) – VinePair has just named Louisville one of the “World’s Top 10 Beer Destinations for 2018.” The wine, beer and spirits publication highlighted cities across the world that make top “Beercation Destinations,” and Louisville secured the ninth spot on the list. The article spotlighted several Louisville breweries, including Against the…
The Council on Postsecondary Education had approved campus diversity plans for the public four-year universities and the 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The five-year plans aim to boost enrollment, retention and graduation rates of students, particularly underrepresented minorities and low-income students. The plans also promote workforce diversity and inclusive and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Another bill has been filed in the Kentucky legislature that would bring about some form of legalized marijuana. Senate bill 188, filed last week, would allow for medical marijuana use in the Commonwealth. A similar measure, championed by Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, is also trying to make its way…
Kentuckians with mental and physical disabilities filled the halls of the state capital and annex Wednesday. They were in Frankfort to lobby lawmakers for social service funding. For 18 years, hundreds of citizens with disabilities have participated in the 874-K rally. The event honors the needs of 874,000 people with challenges to activities of daily living. Long- time…
A House committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would limit the Kentucky attorney general’s authority to hire outside lawyers to pursue expensive and complex lawsuits against corporations. House Bill 198 would cap the fees that outside lawyers could collect from such suits and give ultimate control over their hiring to the governor. The bill proceeds…
In a sharply worded rebuke, a Franklin Circuit Court judge delivered a blow to the Bevin administration’s efforts to cut environmental red tape. In a ruling made public Wednesday, Judge Phillip Shepherd overturned 2017 regulations that dramatically limited state and public involvement in what electric utilities must do to get permission to construct new landfills or ponds for…