By Ryan Van Velzer – Henderson, Kentucky’s coal-fired power plant provided among the lowest electricity rates in the country for its residents just two years ago, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But the country’s energy grid is undergoing a transformation and market forces are pushing older coal-fired power plants like Henderson’s into…
New prescription could help opiod addicts The drug, developed in Louisville, could be part of the solution to Kentucky’s opioid crisis. by Renee Murphy LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — It could be a game changer in the fight against opioid addiction. A local pharmaceutical company has just gotten FDA approval for a new medicine that could be…
by LESLEY CLARK, lclark@mcclatchydc.com – Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/latest-news/article211551994.html#storylink=cpy WASHINGTON — The future of hemp legalization is up to Mitch McConnell. Period. House supporters of the idea tried to include legalization measures into the big farm bill lawmakers have been considering, but were advised to back off McConnell’s taking care of things, they were told. Reps. Andy…
RICHMOND – 81st District incumbent Rep. C. Wesley Morgan, R-Richmond, could be in for a fight as he faces audiologist Deanna Frazier in the GOP primary. Morgan, who was one of the most vocal voices in calling for the ouster of former House Speaker Jeff Hoover, R-Jamestown, amid sexual harassment allegations, has found it hard to gain friends…
WARREN COUNTY, Ky. (WBKO) — As Tuesday’s election inches closer, Mike Wilson and Darrell Traughber are wrapping up their primary campaigns. Three candidates will battle for the chance to have a seat in Kentucky’s Senate. Two of those candidates on the republican ticket are Wilson and Traughber. Tuesday’s election will narrow that down to just one,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Tobacco giant Altria spent a massive $379,760 to lobby the 2018 Kentucky General Assembly – more than twice as much as any of the 720 corporations and associations that are registered to lobby the legislature. And while the General Assembly’s tax bill included a 50-cent increase in the cigarette tax, a health advocate…
The competition is already in the starting gate as organizations across Kentucky and the nation prepare to capitalize on Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, which struck down a federal ban on sports betting. After the ruling came down, Alex Waldrop, president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, released a statement that read, in part, “Our multi-billion…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 14, 2018) – Norton Children’s Hospital has announced a $500,000 gift from BB&T to support a special area for infants in the soon-to-be constructed Jennifer Lawrence Foundation Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). The gift through the Children’s Hospital Foundation will fund a three-bed section for infants needing heart care. Every year, more…
As Kentucky struggles to deal with the growing opiate epidemic in the state—lawmakers are scrambling to find different ways to tackle the scourge of addiction. One way officials on all sides of the political spectrum have aimed to tackle the epidemic is by creating safe drug disposal programs. What began as county specific disposal…
Three former University of Louisville Foundation officials have filed a countersuit against the foundation, seeking to have it pay their legal fees in its own lawsuit against them over the management of its finances. The lawsuit, filed this week in Franklin Circuit Court, states former Chief Financial Officers Michael Curtin and Jason Tomlinson and former board…