By Alan Fram, Associated Press | WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he was canceling most of the Senate’s time-honored August recess, an election-year move that could help lawmakers clear extra work while keeping vulnerable Democratic senators off the campaign trail. McConnell, R-Ky., said he decided to shorten the usual summer getaway…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 25, 2018) – Last week the Louisville Metro Council passed an ordinance requiring nutritional standards and a healthy default beverage in children’s meals, the first in the nation to adopt the combined standards. The so-called “healthy-by-default” rule that passed 13-11 by the Louisville Metro Council aims to tackle the city’s skyrocketing childhood…
by Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier Journal – Published 10:30 a.m. ET May 31, 2018 | Updated 10:46 a.m. ET May 31, 2018 Mitch McConnell is one of the most prominent political figures in the country. Here are five facts about the Kentucky senator you may not have known. Valeria Merino/Courier-Journal Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is…
by WES SWIETEK wswietek@bgdailynews.com – Sandwiched by a pair of standing ovations and with an emotional close, retiring state Rep. Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, recounted his four decades in the state legislature at the Bowling Green Rotary Club meeting Wednesday at Bowling Green Country Club. Richards, who is a Rotary Club member, was first elected as…
by JANET PATTON, jpatton1@herald-leader.com – Woodford Reserve Distillery, known for its premium bourbon, is launching in a new direction: malt whiskey. The distillery outside of Versailles is releasing a blended malt whiskey beginning in June that will be a permanent addition to the Woodford Reserve line. Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Malt Whiskey is based on historical…
by Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier Journal – A timeline of how abortion rights have changed since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Valeria Merino/Courier-Journal/USA Today Network A federal judge has ordered that a law signed by Gov. Matt Bevin banning an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation will not be enforced in Kentucky until…
by Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier Journal – This story will be updated. Concerned that people will lose health coverage under Kentucky Medicaid rules that take effect July 1, a nonprofit health foundation said it is joining with state government to help people understand how to keep access to health care. “We want to try to do our best…
By Associated Press | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Air National Guard is partnering with state officials and other military branches to offer free health care clinics in four counties. A joint statement from the guard and the Kentucky Department for Local Government says the clinics will run June 15-24 in Beattyville, Booneville, Irvine and…
by BOBBIE CURD, The Advocate Messenger (KPNS) – In an effort to shed light on what’s really happening at the county level, Bluegrass Regional Prevention Center (Bluegrass.org) is working to learn more about substance abuse and suicide in Boyle County. Laura Cooper, prevention specialist for Bluegrass.org for Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln and Mercer counties, said…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – Two longtime members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation are teaming up on a proposal to add the Mill Springs Battlefield to the National Park System. Rep. Hal Rogers and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say they will lead the effort for legislation adding the battlefield in Pulaski and Wayne counties to the…