FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A new analysis of election results by The Associated Press indicates Republicans could have benefited slightly during the 2016 election from the way Kentucky state House districts were drawn. The analysis measuring the “efficiency gap” shows Kentucky Republicans won about three more seats than they should have given their share…
By Kevin Wheatley – A new program helping early childhood educators and administrators learn the skills they need to improve daycares, preschools and kindergartens across the state is halfway through its first year, and an official with the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative says she hopes the state will find the necessary funding to keep it going.…
By LISA GILLESPIE (KPR) – Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced on Wednesday that he is working with attorneys general from across the country to investigate whether drug manufacturers contributed to the opioid epidemic “by illegally marketing and selling opioids,” according to his office. The action follows a suit filed in May by Ohio’s attorney general. In Kentucky,…
By DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN – Senate Republicans unveiled their long-awaited health care overhaul proposal on Thursday. The Senate bill, called the “Better Care Reconciliation Act,” would repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The broad outlines of it look a lot like the House bill, the American Health Care Act, which was…
Rev. Alan Hoyle, a spokesman for a group of Amish people from Bath Co., defends Amish salve maker Samuel A Girod, who faces federal prison time for selling improperly labeled salve on June 20, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. Hoyle is not a member of the Amish faith. Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com BY JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — About 50…
by LISA GILLESPIE (KPR) – Republican Senator Rand Paul is slamming the effort by his Kentucky colleague, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Paul said he won’t know how he will vote until the bill is released to legislators later this week. Paul doesn’t believe McConnell will have the votes…
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission chairman George Troutman said on Wednesday, July 21, 2017, that the panel will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that would let lobbyists give gifts and campaign donations to the lawmakers they’re trying to influence. Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com BY JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to appeal…
By STU JOHNSON – Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin believes workforce development, apprenticeship programs, and dual-credit initiatives are keys to attracting new business to states. The governor appeared on a panel Monday as part of the Select USA Investment Summit in Washington. Bevin told participants that awarding more college degrees isn’t the only way to grow…
BY BETH MUSGRAVE bmusgrave@herald-leader.com – Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is pledging to fight a proposed reorganization and restructuring by Gov. Matt Bevin of nearly 40 medical and professional oversight boards, which control the licensing of more than 100,000 professionals in Kentucky and investigate complaints against them. Officials with the Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet have…
BY: Thomas Novelly and Allison Ross , The Courier-Journal – Attorney General Andy Beshear and Gov. Matt Bevin clashed Tuesday after Beshear followed through on his threat to challenge the governor’s reorganization of several education boards in court. “The governor’s refusal to rescind or materially alter his unconstitutional executive orders dissolving and reorganizing independent education…