by Joseph Gerth – Greg Stumbo also suggests Republicans broke laws. Joe Gerth, CJ FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo said the Democratic Party may sue lawmakers who left the party to join the GOP in the weeks since the party took heavy losses in the 2015 general election. Democrats now hold a 50-46 majority in the…
by WFPL Staff – State lawmakers convene in Frankfort today to begin a 60-day haul of debating, considering and possibly enacting legislation. They’ll do so under the close watch of a new governor — Matt Bevin, only the second Republican to hold the office in more than four decades — and a public curious to know whether…
by The Associated Press – In a story Jan. 4 about U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s run for re-election, The Associated Press reported erroneously that no one has filed to run against Paul. Two Democrats and one Republican have filed for Paul’s seat, though none is well-known. A corrected version of the story is below: Yarmuth: Democrats…
by Tom Loftus – FRANKFORT, Ky. – Due to falling state gas tax revenues, Gov. Matt Bevin issued an order Monday cutting the state Transportation Cabinet budget by $112.5 million. The order calls for more than half of the savings – $62 million – to be achieved by a reduction in state road aid to cities and counties. In…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – The only Democrat in Kentucky’s congressional delegation is making it official that he’s running for re-election this year. U.S. Representative John Yarmuth’s campaign says the Louisville Democrat plans to file his candidacy papers on Monday to run for a sixth term. He represents Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District. He was first elected in…
by Deborah Yetter – Gov. Matt Bevin announced Wednesday he has begun work to transform Kentucky’s Medicaid program by 2017. But in the meantime he envisions no major changes in the government health plan. (Full press conference) Homeless and battling severe mental illness and alcoholism after years of brutal childhood abuse, Gene Miller said that gaining Medicaid coverage in…