by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – Communities across Kentucky will compete for $100 million in state funding to pay for projects to train Kentucky’s workforce. The Work Ready Skills Advisory Committee, appointed by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, is scheduled to meet Wednesday to review 114 proposals for the money. The 10-member committee led by Education and Workforce Development…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – Democratic candidates for federal office in Kentucky criticized Gov. Matt Bevin on Tuesday for suggesting last weekend that blood might someday need to be shed if Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election, going so far as to suggest impeachment. In his off-the-cuff speech Saturday at the Values Voters forum in Washington, D.C., Bevin referenced a famous…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s campaign released its first ad of the general election cycle with a positive spot focusing on the Bowling Green eye surgeon’s pro bono surgery’s performed in Kentucky and around the world. The advertisement titled “caring for Kentucky” is running as part of a “significant buy” according to the campaign.…
by VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS, vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com – A documentary that premieres Tuesday on PBS and Sept. 19 on KET focuses on efforts to improve the lives of preschoolers in Owsley County, which has one of the lowest median household income levels in the country. “Class of ’27” from filmmaker James Rutenbeck shows that the children have “caring and competent…
by Kate Howard – Facing growing scrutiny from donors and its own university, the University of Louisville Foundation is paying $11,500 a month in retainers alone for external public relations firms. In contract proposals submitted in July, the firms shed light on strategies they intended to employ to combat rampant criticism of the Foundation. The documents, obtained by WFPL’s…
by JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — Sixteen months after Economic Development Secretary Larry Hayes announced his retirement and nine months into the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin, Kentucky still does not have a full-time secretary to oversee the cabinet that attempts to create jobs in Kentucky. The $250,000-a-year job to attract new industries and help existing companies expand…
by Associated PressStaff – An Alpha Natural Resources spokesman says the company plans to lay off 117 people when it shuts down a Kentucky coal mine in November. Spokesman Steve Hawkins tells the Lexington Herald-Leader that the company has issued a required 60-day layoff notice at the Process Energy Mine in Pike County, which is set to be closed…
by Tom Loftus and Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth – FRANKFORT, Ky. – Sarah Durand, the former president of the Louisville Tea Party, has resigned as chief of staff for Kentucky First Lady Glenna Bevin. Durand, who has been part of the Matt Bevin team since his 2014 campaign for the U.S. Senate, resigned just before the Labor Day weekend. Her two-sentence,…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – Just like Chicago Cubs fans, Republicans in Frankfort are saying this will be the year. For more than 90 years, Democrats have controlled the Kentucky House of Representatives, but Republicans are on the offensive in several House races this fall as Kentucky’s electorate continues its slow march to the political right. Democrats have…
by WILL PERKINS, wperkins@glasgowdailytimes.com – GLASGOW – When Ann Ferrell chose to write her doctorate dissertation on Kentucky’s burley tobacco, she thought she was going to be writing about the end of the tobacco industry. “Honestly, I got into it thinking, ‘Oh, I’m gonna’ be documenting the end of tobacco in Kentucky,’” Ferrell said on Wednesday…