by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Republican Party of Kentucky reports it had $1.5 million in the bank at the end of May while the Kentucky Democratic Party had just $107,000. Reports filed this week by both parties with the Federal Election Commission for the month of May continue to show a shift of support…
by Chris Otts – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Gov. Matt Bevin’s move to abolish the University of Louisville Board of Trustees has resulted in a partial shakeup of the board of the directors overseeing the university’s nonprofit foundation. Former foundation chairman Robert Hughes and three others are no longer on the board because, according to…
by Don Weber, @DonWeber_cn2 – WILLIAMSTOWN – It’s been three months since the inception of a needle exchange program operated by the Northern Kentucky Independent Health District in Williamstown was launched, and department officials are already proclaiming the operation a success. Under the program, addicts bring in their dirty needles to the Grant County office on Wednesday’s between the…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – The 400,000 Kentuckians who have health insurance through the state’s expanded Medicaid program would have fewer benefits and would have to pay small premiums to keep their coverage under a proposal released Wednesday by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. Premiums would range from $1 to $15 per month. Beneficiaries would lose vision and…
by Andrew Wolfson, @adwolfson – On Friday morning Governor Matt Bevin announces sweeping changes at the university including the resignation of U of L President James Ramsey and almost complete overhaul of the Board of Trustees. Citing the “immediate diminishment of the academic legitimacy and reputation of the University of Louisville,” a group of 47 faculty…
by BETH MUSGRAVE, bmusgrave@herald-leader.com – Lexington Mayor Jim Gray has resigned from the executive committee of the Bluegrass Area Development District. Gray gave no reason for his resignation in a one-sentence letter obtained Monday by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Gray’s resignation was submitted Friday and is effective immediately. Susan Straub, a spokeswoman for Gray, said Gray opted to…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – Gov. Matt Bevin announced the creation of a Criminal Justice Policy Assessment Council at a noon press conference Tuesday. From @TomLoftus_CJ on Twitter: 12:11pm – 21 Jun 2016 Bevin announces creation of a Criminal Justice Policy Assessment Council. 12:15pm – 21 Jun 2016 Gov’s new commission is a large and bipartisan panel…
by Sheldon S. Shafer, @sheldonshafer – UPS and the Muhammad Ali Center held a Monday morning press conference to announce a $500,000 gift to fund education initiatives such as UCrew, Generation Ali and Character Education Program. The Muhammad Ali Center has received a $500,000 gift from the UPS Foundation that will be used to promote education…
by Rae Ellen Bichell, NPR – When lead was taken out of products like paint and gasoline, levels of the metal in the blood of U.S. children dropped. But the American Academy of Pediatrics says the problem is not over. “Most existing lead standards fail to protect children,” members of the AAP’s environmental health council report in…
by JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – Two members of the former Kentucky Retirement Systems Board of Trustees are suing Gov. Matt Bevin, claiming Bevin did not have the authority to remove board chairman Thomas Elliott of Jefferson County from the panel. Elliott and board member Mary Helen Peter filed the lawsuit Friday in Franklin Circuit Court. They are…