LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Kentucky state senator landed in the national spotlight during a meeting at the White House. Republican Senator Julie Raque Adams attended a listening session on vaping held by President Trump on Friday. Adams has helped lead the effort to curb teen vaping in Kentucky, and the president called on her…
By KARYN CZAR A Kentucky police department is suing a newspaper in an attempt to avoid releasing investigative records into its defunct youth program, where two officers were convicted of sexually abusing minors. The Courier Journal reports it’s being sued by Louisville Metro police, despite a state attorney general’s ruling that the department violated state law by denying…
By ALAN LYTLE Dr. Aaron Thompson, the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education has been on a Listening Tour across the commonwealth to learn what students, parents, community leaders and employers think about higher education. Dr. Thompson was on UK’s Campus last week and he sat down with WUKY’s Alan Lytle and UK Now’s Kody Kiser (host…
by Jason Riley, Travis Ragsdale LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – When WDRB News asked Kentucky State Police earlier this year for a copy of the settlement the department reached with a Harlan County man who had been beaten by troopers while handcuffed, the agency’s response was short, concise and false. KSP’s in-house attorney said no settlement existed, and,…
By Ryan Van Velzer Half of all the public drinking water systems tested in a new report from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet are showing evidence of PFAS contamination. These chemicals belong to a class of more than 5,000 compounds often called “forever chemicals” and are known to increase the risk of cancer, among other health…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal officials plan to announce a new national wildlife refuge in western Kentucky. A statement from the U.S. Department of the Interior says Secretary David Bernhardt and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will join other dignitaries Friday in Henderson to announce the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the ceremony…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – Governor-elect Andy Beshear plans to overhaul the Kentucky Board of Education once he takes over, which could mean Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis will be on his way out soon. Lewis has been the commissioner since April 2018, when the previous commissioner Stephen Pruitt resigned. Governor Matt Bevin had enough of his…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – University of Louisville officials are defending their request for a $50 million loan from the state. U of L bought Jewish Hospital in Louisville along with other properties owned by KentuckyOne Health. The deal went through earlier this month, but the university still wants $50 million dollars to help finance the…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – A project to build broadband internet infrastructure across Kentucky wants $100 million over the next two years. Representatives with Kentucky Wired pitched their budget request to lawmakers on the Interim Joint Appropriations and Revenue Committee Tuesday. The project started under former governor Steve Beshear, placing 3,000 miles of fiber optic cable…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary October 2019 unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC). The unemployment rate for October 2019 was down from the 4.4 percent reported for September 2019. The preliminary October 2019 jobless rate was…