by DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — Gov. Matt Bevin said Tuesday that the state will handle reform of the tax and pension systems separately, potentially indicating the need for two special legislative sessions this year. “I think we will deal with them one at a time,” Bevin said in an interview Tuesday with WHAS radio host Terry Meiners.…
The U.S. Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment has awarded The Pennyrile Area Development District nearly $1.7 million for economic development efforts around Fort Campbell. The money will pay for advanced manufacturing training equipment and programs at nearby higher education institutions and the formation of a nonprofit group supporting the military community. PEADD Associate…
BLUE CREEK, Ohio (CBS) – On a winding trail in southeastern Ohio, four children symbolize the devastating consequences of the opioid epidemic, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds. Delaney, Liam, Finnian and Connally are living with their aunt Suzanne Valle now. She and her husband are raising them as their own because their parents are heroin…
by RICK HOWLETT & ASSOCIATED PRESS – A Maysville woman who died while trying to save her children from a house fire and a man who rescued a truck driver from a burning vehicle were honored in a ceremony Monday in Frankfort. Lori Kearney and Lou Scharold were awarded the national Carnegie Hero Medal during the ceremony…
(WYMT) – Booth Energy closures will impact 217 employees next month. A notice was filed with the Kentucky Career Center Wednesday. The closure is effective September 30 and impacts workers in Martin, Johnson and Floyd counties. The notice listed the following job titles/classifications would be affected: Matrix Mine #1, Eagle Mine #25, Pinnacle Preparation Plant, Mine Supply Sales,…
by LINDA BLACKFORD, lblackford@herald-leader.com – The former chief financial officer of UK HealthCare has accused University of Kentucky officials of firing him in 2012 after he complained that he wasn’t being paid as much as other people in similar roles, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Franklin Circuit Court. Sergio Melgar was hired at UK…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – A Kentucky state lawmaker criticized for trying to pass legislation that would have benefited his liquor store business has been cleared of a criminal charge filed against him earlier this year. Rep. Wesley Morgan was charged in April after police in Barbourville caught him moving alcoholic beverages between two of the four…
BY Justin Sayers, @_JustinSayers – Editor’s note: The Courier-Journal is chronicling the drug crisis gripping the Louisville region. Nine journalists spent 72 hours in April on the front lines of the fight against addiction, revealing the impact of the heroin and prescription pill crisis. Today, we launch an occasional series of stories on recovery that will continue into the fall.…
By Madeline Janicki Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes denied another request from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity to turn over Kentucky voter information. On Wednesday evening Grimes’ office said that Kansas Secretary of State, and the Commission’s vice-chairman Kris Kobach, sent another letter asking for information about Kentucky voters. The commission sent a…
BY Nick Storm @NStorm_politics Matt Niehaus, who served in Governor Matt Bevin’s administration as Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Insurance and Executive Director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Services in the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, has joined McCarthy Strategic Solutions. As Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Niehaus oversaw the day-to-day operation…