By RYLAND BARTON – The Kentucky Board of Education has approved a list of principles to guide state policymakers if the legislature passes a bill clearing the way for charter schools in the state. Kentucky is one of seven states that don’t allow charters — schools that use public dollars but are operated by organizations besides the state…
BY CURTIS TATE, ctate@mcclatchydc.com – WASHINGTON — A bill to keep the government funded through the end of April does not include a provision that would have made it easier for the horse racing industry to hire foreign guest workers who groom horses and perform other jobs. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association wants Congress to renew an exemption to the H2B…
BY GINA KINSLOW gkinslow@glasgowdailytimes.com – MUNFORDVILLE — Hart County has joined about a dozen other counties across the state in adopting an ordinance promoting economic development and commerce or right-to-work legislation. The ordinance — adopted on first reading Thursday — gives Hart County workers the option to join or not join a union. “We did…
by Deborah Yetter , @d_yetter 1:59 p.m. EST December 7, 2016 FRANKFORT, Ky. — Beaten regularly with a belt, pushed into cold showers, forced to drink garlic water and made to sit at a kitchen table for 12 to 13 hours a day writing sentences as supposed home schooling, the young girl from Southeastern Kentucky was nearly dead when she was admitted…
by Sheldon S. Shafer , @sheldonshafer – Kentucky Lottery sales are ahead of last year but slightly below budget. That mixed picture emerged Friday from a meeting in Louisville of the lottery corporation’s directors. Maggie Garrison, the lottery’s corporate controller, told the board that year-to-date (July 1 through Oct. 31) statewide ticket sales totaled $314.3 million, or nearly…
Jace Burris, behind a favorite quote from John Ruskin that is written on a window in his JCBarchitect office, 706 Westland Dr. in Lexington. Charles Bertram cbertram@herald-leader.com BY CHERYL TRUMAN, ctruman@herald-leader.com – Architect James “Jace” Burris sits with his dog, Pippi, at his architecture office off Old Frankfort Pike, considering the future that will shortly be emerging from a…
By WBKO News Staff | BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU is still looking for a provider for its proposed sports medicine complex. In September, WKU issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a medical provider to lease the campus health clinic, provide orthopedic services for student athletes, and to construct a Sports Medicine Complex on campus. The deadline was November 15.…
By Caleb Noe | BELL CO., Ky. (WYMT) – Within hours, flames made a bustling tourism destination look more like a war zone. Forest fires left many people displaced, and firefighters on-call around the clock. “These guys are on the front lines. If there is anything I could do to help these guys. I’ve been in the same situation. Not…
by Don Weber, @DonWeber_cn2 – COVINGTON – As Senate Republicans meet at their annual retreat in Paducah, one reality is that for the first time in 95 years, legislation which is passed out of their chamber in 2017 has a better chance than ever to pass both chambers, and be signed into law. Sen. Wil Schroder, R-Wilder, senses a…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – Details are scant on what exactly a GOP tax reform package would consist of or even when a proposal could come, but tax insiders are speculating on which way the discussions could play out based on previous comments from the governor and others. Charles George, the government affairs director for the Kentucky Society of Certified…