By Liz Schlemmer Kentucky has been funding health benefits for retired teachers for decades. But this year for the first time, that payment was dependent on a budget surplus. This move — to cut the health insurance funding from the state’s biennial budget and instead pay it only in the event the state made…
By The Lane Report MURRAY, Ky. — The Murray State University Center for Telecommunications Systems Management is transforming into the Center for Computer and Information Technology — its award-winning Program of Distinction — to reflect its modern approach to computer education. “As technology has evolved and the boundaries between specific CIT industries have started…
By BECCA SCHIMMEL – Republican Congressman Brett Guthrie spoke about immigration, diversity and military relations with Iran while in Bowling Green on Friday. He said the negative rhetoric about immigration needs to stop on both sides of the aisle. The Congressman sees it as an impediment to diversifying the Republican party. Guthrie’s district includes Bowling…
by Krystle Callais – FANCY FARM, KY — The speaking order has been updated for the upcoming Fancy Farm picnic. Organizers are only waiting for three politicians to confirm if they are coming to the political event this year. They are U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, and Kentucky Secretary of…
HEBRON, Ky. — Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport officials briefed a group of state legislators yesterday on road improvements needed to support a $1.5 billion freight hub Amazon is building at the airfield. “While the predominance of package movement will be plane to plane, there is also a need to expand road infrastructure,” airport CEO Candace McGraw…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 9:12 AM ET JUL. 18, 2019 LEXINGTON, Ky. – There are now three Democrats vying to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020. Farmer and retired Marine Mike Broihier announced his candidacy Thursday morning with a three-minute video titled “labels.” The video begins in black and white with people holding up chalkboard…
Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 9:24 a.m. ET July 18, 2019 | Updated 9:43 a.m. ET July 18, 2019 A new list of rankings from a high-profile polling organization is giving a big red thumbs down to Gov. Matt Bevin. Kentucky’s governor is the least popular in the nation among voters in their own state, according…
BY JONATHON GREGG KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 7:05 PM ET JUL. 17, 2019 LOUISVILLE, Ky- A new report published by The Washington Post reveals just how many addictive painkillers are legally distributed to communities across the United States each year. The data tracked by the Drug Enforcement Administration was previously unreleased to the public and the Washington Post specifically tracked two legal…
Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 7:06 a.m. ET July 17, 2019 | Updated 8:22 a.m. ET July 17, 2019 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump is “not a racist” after Trump tweeted over the weekend that four congresswomen of color should return to their native countries. All of the congresswomen are American citizens.…
July 16, 2019 FRANKFORT, Ky. — Public Protection Cabinet Secretary K. Gail Russell named Marni Gibson acting deputy commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), and Commissioner Charles Vice promoted DFI staff to senior management roles, which is effective immediately. Gibson, who has been with DFI since 2009, previously served as director for both the…