Louisville Metro Council request for ethics review of colleague misses mark

Louisville Public Media | By Jacob Ryan Ethics officials said they were puzzled by a Metro Council resolution asking them to review council member Anthony Piagentini’s involvement in a $40 million grant the council gave a local nonprofit. Louisville Metro Ethics Commission officials said Wednesday they can’t do anything with a Metro Council resolution asking them to review…

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Kentucky House approves bill setting special elections for Louisville Metro Council vacancies

by Marcus Green LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Vacant seats on Louisville’s Metro Council would primarily be filled through special elections rather than appointments under a bipartisan bill that cleared the Kentucky House on Tuesday. House Bill 191, sponsored by Republican Rep. Jared Bauman of Louisville, passed 99-0 and now heads to the Senate. The measure…

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Beshear to lead Tenn-Tom waterway development authority

WKMS | By Morgan Puckett Gov. Andy Beshear will be heading up a four-state effort to promote the development of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and its economic and trade potential. A release from Beshear’s office announced his election as the 2023 chairman of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority Monday. The governor said he’s excited about the possibilities of expanding on the…

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County jailers file lawsuit alleging Kentucky Department of Justice isn’t paying enough for state inmates

BY SAM KNEF KENTUCKY COVINGTON, Ky. — Some Kentucky jailers have sued the state Department of Corrections. Jailers involved in the lawsuit say state inmates are filling up their jails, and the state isn’t paying them enough to house those inmates. What You Need To Know Four Kentucky jailers have filed a lawsuit against the state Department of…

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