by ASSOCIATED PRESS – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling that his long political career may stretch well into the next decade. The Kentucky Republican said there’s a “great likelihood” he’ll seek a seventh Senate term in 2020. McConnell, appearing on WKYT-TV’s “Kentucky Newsmakers” program that aired Sunday, said he’s “at the top of…
by STU JOHNSON, WEKU NEWS – Kentucky’s Chief Justice has been selected to head two national judicial groups. It’s the first time in a quarter century that a head jurist from the Commonwealth has held either of these posts. Chief Justice John Minton is beginning a one year stint as president of the Conference of Chief…
by Don Weber, @DonWeber_cn2 – LEXINGTON – Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul told a gathering in Lexington on Wednesday that he believes that his race against Democratic nominee Jim Gray is all about who will do a better job of protecting Kentucky’s citizens from burdensome government intrusion. Paul, has spent the last 2 weeks crisscrossing the state putting on…
by KARYN CZAR – Since leaving politics in 2013, Ben Chandler returned to law and became the Executive Director of the Kentucky Humanities Council, traveling across the state telling Kentucky’s story through the arts. This September, he’ll switch gears again as the President and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Listen to full interview with…
BY LINDA BLACKFORD, lblackford@herald-leader.com – The University of Kentucky violated the Open Meetings Act when it did not keep minutes from a dinner meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Kentucky Attorney General’s office has ruled. UK is now required to produce minutes that reflect the “substance of the presentation” made during the dinner by an attorney.…
by JOHN NULL – The latest fundraising totals in the race to become the next Representative of Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District show Republican James Comer with a large lead over his Democratic opponent, Sam Gaskins. Comer has taken in $826,099 in receipts, including a $100,000 candidate loan during the Republican primary. Gaskins, an Army veteran from Hopkinsville, has netted…
by Curtis Tate – McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will propose a rule Tuesday that would eliminate the practice of “soring,” used by some horse trainers but decried by animal welfare groups. Under the proposed changes, the department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service would screen, train and license the inspectors charged…
by Andrew Wolfson, @adwolfson – Kentucky’s governor told the group, “I love America,” after the protester was removed from the University of Louisville Board of Trustees meeting. Marty Pearl, Special to CJ The new University of Louisville Board of Trustees has postponed a special session Tuesday to consider President James Ramsey’s resignation. Chairman Pro Tem Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman…
by Miranda Combs – MOREHEAD, Ky. (WKYT) — The classroom was packed. Coroners and deputy coroners from all over the state met at the Carl Perkins Center in Morehead to update their training status. Some were there because of a WKYT investigation last year. In May 2015, WKYT found eight coroners that were not up to date with…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A manufacturer that produces grills, stoves and fireplaces has opened a 30-job, $2.3 million-plus expansion at its facility in Grant County in northern Kentucky. Gov. Matt Bevin’s office says Wolf Steel’s new warehouse adjoins its current facility in Crittenden. Bevin says the latest expansion is the second in seven years at Wolf…