by Kevin Wheatley LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The group petitioning local voters to challenge a property tax rate increase passed by the Jefferson County Board of Education has gathered more than 39,000 signatures but needs thousands more to meet the Friday deadline, one of the leaders of the recall effort said Monday. Theresa Camoriano, president…
By KARYN CZAR Here in Kentucky, we are facing a $1.1 billion dollar budget shortfall if more federal aid isn’t approved by Congress. During his Tuesday press briefing last week Governor Andy Beshear said “There’s no alternative to additional federal help other than the people of Kentucky suffer for it.” Beshear added that the Coronavirus has…
The Kentucky Department of Revenue is reminding taxpayers that the 2019 state income tax filing deadline is coming up on July 15. On March 26, Gov. Andy Beshear directed DOR to extend the filing deadline by three months in response to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor’s decision mirrored the federal income tax…
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Kentucky House Majority Floor Leader John “Bam” Carney, who has been hospitalized for six months from a severe battle with pancreatitis, continues to make slow and steady improvement, his brother said last week in a Facebook post. Mark Carney said his brother was moved to Kindred at Jewish Hospital and…
BY JAMILAH MUHAMMAD KENTUCKY KENTUCKY — The Black Lives Matter movement continues to call for social change, and one Kentucky legislator plans to answer that call one classroom at a time. What You Need To Know Kentucky bill looks to make African-American history curriculum more robust House Bill 9 introduced by Rep. Attica Scott in 2019 Will be…
Kentucky’s primary election on Tuesday went pretty smoothly, despite claims from national celebrities and politicians that there would be widespread chaos as a result of having fewer in-person polling places in the state. But even though it appears there was record voter turnout during the election, there were still some problems. Voters in Lexington had…
By DON SERGENT dsergent@bgdailynews.com More than $1 million in federal funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act is making its way to southcentral Kentucky to help with efforts to recover from the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. Community Action Kentucky said last week that more than $16.8 million in additional Community…
BY JACK BRAMMER A federal judge has ruled Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear went “too far” in limiting in-person protests at the Capitol during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Greg Van Tatenhove said Wednesday in a 24-page order that Beshear must amend his mass gatherings order to allow for in-person protests. Despite the order, several…
Jillianne Moncrief Kentucky Department of Education, Facebook FRANKFORT, KY — The Kentucky Department of Education is asking adult family members or caregivers responsible for a child or children during the period of distance learning in the 2019-2020 school year to complete a survey. The survey will let you express the challenges you and your child…
(WBKO) By Lauren Hanson FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) – Secretary Michael Adams released the following statement on the June 23 election: “While all eyes were on Kentucky today, we offered the nation a model for success in conducting an election during a pandemic. I’m proud of Kentuckians for exercising their rights, and proud of the bipartisan coalition…