BY BILL ESTEP, bestep@herald-leader.com – Kentucky Utilities customers will pay extra each month to cover environmental upgrades at the company’s power plants under a settlement approved Monday. The amount will vary each year covered by the settlement, which lasts through 2024. In 2016, the estimated additional monthly surcharge will be 30 cents for the average KU residential…
by Beth Warren, @BethWarrenCJ – Governor Matt Bevin met with gunshot victim and cab driver Abdirahman Mohamed at the Frazier Rehab Institute to discuss the spike of violence in Louisville. Sam Upshaw Jr./The CJ Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton returned to Louisville on Monday with Gov. Matt Bevin to meet with another shooting victim, a taxi driver and father of…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – Former First Lady Jane Beshear’s name was removed from the Capitol Education Center on the grounds of the Capitol in July, but since its removal two agencies have been pointed to for their role in the soon to be renamed center. After a legislative committee meeting last week revealed the cabinet secretary who…
by Beth Musgrave, bmusgrave@herald-leader.com – The number of homeless students in Lexington schools has nearly doubled in the past three years, according to a new report that recommends more money and attention to schools with the highest percentage of homeless students. The Lexington Fair Housing Council’s analysis of local and state education data show that the number of…
by Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource – For those working daily to treat addiction tied to the opioid epidemic in the Ohio Valley, resources have been limited. But beginning this week, doctors will have a little more to work with. The federal government will allow doctors to treat more patients with buprenorphine, a medication that can help…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin speaks at Fancy Farm Here are updated salaries of members of Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration obtained from state government’s “Open Door” website. This list – updated Aug. 8, 2016 – reflects a policy announced at the beginning of the administration providing 5 percent raises for officials who have served at least…
by JOSH JAMES – Congressman Andy Barr convened his drug task force in Lexington Wednesday. The 6th district representative discussed how the recently passed national Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act will affect the panel’s recommendations to the federal government. The task force brings together experts in education, prevention, healthcare, and other areas to formulate specific policy prescriptions…
by Kevin Wheatley, @KWheatley_cn2 – After addressing the country in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, her most likely surrogate at this year’s Fancy Farm picnic announced Wednesday that she would not attend the annual event. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said in a news release that she would be spending time with her husband, Andrew,…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky’s legislative leaders approved a job classification plan and an updated personnel policy manual for the 320-person legislative staff on Wednesday – reforms suggested in a 2014 audit that found a severe dissatisfaction among the staff. “What this plan entails are job descriptions for every position…” said David Byerman,…
by Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth – Ghazala Khan refuted Donald Trump’s claim that “she wasn’t allowed” to speak at the Democratic National Convention, saying she was too emotional to talk. Muslim women have responded with the #CanYouHearUsNow hashtag. Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer blasted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Twitter over Trump’s continued sniping at…