by JOHN NULL – Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles CREDIT RYAN QUARLES / FACEBOOK Kentucky agriculture commissioner Ryan Quarles has joined Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s agricultural advisory committee. Quarles, elected last year, is one of several state agriculture commissioners on the advisory board, which has more than 60 members. The board also includes members varying from…
by Rick Howlett – Kentucky’s attorney general is suing health care and pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson for allegedly failing to disclose the potential risks associated with one of its surgical products. Beshear’s office has filed a civil suit against the company and its medical supply unit, Ethicon for what it says was deceptive marketing of a vaginal mesh…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Republicans are targeting the top two Democratic leaders in the state House of Representatives with a pair of radio ads. The Republican Party of Kentucky began airing radio ads on Tuesday in the districts of House Speaker Greg Stumbo and Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins. The Kentucky House is the last…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ Former state Auditor Adam Edelen and Kentucky Sports Radio’s Matt Jones on Tuesday formally launched a political movement with a hope of drawing fresh ideas and new leaders behind a moderate and progressive political agenda. The group, which Edelen and Jones have been planning since early this year, is called the New Kentucky…
by James Bruggers, @jbruggers – In his first heat management report, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer called on residents and business owners to take steps to improve the livability of Louisville by reducing heat. Frankie Steele, Special to CJ Business group recommends incentive-based and voluntary programs for environmental tree, heat initiatives. STORY HIGHLIGHTS GLI said it understands the…
by The Associated Press – FRANKFORT, KY. — Deer hunters in Kentucky are being asked to participate in an online survey that includes a range of hunting and management questions. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources says the survey is available at www.research.net/r/KYDeerInput2016 through Sept. 9. It says the survey is the first of…
by MIKE JAMES, The DAILY Independent – ASHLAND — Ashland Community and Technical College will hire two people to keep students in school and on track for graduation and transfer to four-year institutions. A retention specialist will work with students who have 30 or fewer credit hours and a transfer advocate will work with students who…
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS & ROB CANNING – Kentucky Budget Director John Chilton says the Commonwealth’s tax collections in July were up nearly 5 percent from a year ago. Chilton says state General Fund receipts last month totaled $769.3 million. His office reported big gains in income and property tax collections and that corporate income tax collections rose more…
by JOSH JAMES – Republicans dominated the dais at the annual Fancy Farm political picnic in western Kentucky over the weekend, but Democrats did gather for their annual soup bean supper at Kentucky Dam Village – and one prospective candidate sounded the alarm on the party’s uncertain future in the commonwealth. While the dinner often serves as…
by Morgan Watkins, @morganwatkins26 – Gov. Matt Bevin said in a press conference he will seek permission from the federal government to reshape the federal-state health program that covers about 1.3 million Kentuckians. Michael Clevenger, CJ U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth criticized Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program during a debate in downtown Louisville Wednesday afternoon, saying he…