by Scott Wartman , swartman@nky.com – When you ask Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell whether he will support paying for a wall along the Mexican border, you don’t get a yes or no answer. McConnell deflected questions Tuesday during a press conference in Florence on whether Congress will allocate money for the border wall. Congress must negotiate…
LEXINGTON – Attorney General Andy Beshear is hosting a three-day sexual assault cold case training session in Lexington beginning on Tuesday for law enforcement, prosecutors and victim advocates across the state related to Kentucky’s Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence kit or SAFE kit backlog. The free training, is hosted by the Prosecutors Advisory Council, the AG’s Office of Victims…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Norton Healthcare and the University of Louisville say they have partnered to form the Norton Children’s Cancer Institute. A joint statement on Monday said the program’s goals are to offer new types of care for pediatric cancer patients, to increase access to clinical trials, to develop new research and to recruit more specialists. Norton…
by Jacob Ryan – Two tanks roll through the muck and onto the range. The crew members ready the guns. Behind them, thousands of onlookers watch silently, smartphones fixed for the coming action. Just then, a helicopter rumbles overhead and a chorus of blasts rings out. The display of American firepower is a halftime show of sorts…
by MATT MARKGRAF – U.S. Congressman James Comer held a two-part town hall forum at the Hopkinsville Community College Monday night, having made earlier stops in Taylor and Simpson Counties. The evening began with a Kentucky Farm Bureau listening session, discussing challenges in crafting the next Farm Bill and agriculture industry representatives outlining what they want in…
by Nicole Erwin, Ohio Valley ReSource – Farmers in the Ohio Valley are waiting to see how President Trump’s choice to lead the Agriculture Department might affect their fortunes. Concerns over trade have held up a confirmation vote for nominee Sonny Perdue, and trade is also on the minds of regional growers. Farmers here have been big…
CUMBERLAND, Ky. (WYMT) – Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) President Jay Box announced Monday the finalists for the position of president/CEO of Southeast Kentucky Community College and Technical College (SKCTC). The finalists are: – Dr. Barry Vann, founding chair and director of doctoral programs in leadership and professor of higher education and geography, University of the…
by ANDREW ADKINS, THE DAILY INDEPENDENT – FRANKFORT — A new state law was passed at the most recent legislative session that will place the state in compliance with new federal travel standards by creating a new Travel ID driver’s license in 2019. If Gov. Matt Bevin hadn’t signed the “REAL ID” bill into law March 21,…
by Chris Otts – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A new report concludes Kentucky would be among the handful of states most affected by a 20 percent tax on imported goods that some Congressional Republicans support as part of a broader tax overhaul. Kentucky would be the fifth-most “sensitive” state to the so-called “border adjustment tax,”…
by MATT MARKGRAF – With the passage of a bill lifting the ‘nuclear moratorium’ in Kentucky, now that Senate Bill 11 also known as the ‘Robert J. Leeper Act’ has been signed into law, there is a renewed attention on the past, present and future of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. State Senator Danny Carroll championed the bill with…