by JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – For the fourth time this month, anti-poverty demonstrators tried to enter the Kentucky Capitol Monday but were told by police that only two members could enter at a time. Kentucky is the only state in the country that has denied Poor People’s Campaign participants access to their statehouse, said Jeremy Porter…
by Don Weber – FLORENCE – Former Secretary of State and Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President Trey Grayson believes that Amy McGrath’s win over Lexington Mayor Jim Gray in the 6th Congressional District Democratic primary was the result of effective campaign ads as well as having the voters embrace her political outsider role. McGrath…
by ADAM BEAM Associated Press – LEXINGTON, KY. — A Democratic lobbyist has been convicted of bribing Kentucky’s No. 2 law enforcement officer in a case voters are likely to see in political ads for next year’s race for governor. A federal jury said James Sullivan was trying to bribe Deputy Attorney General Tim Longmeyer in…
by Beth Warren, Louisville Courier Journal – An elite Louisville task force that intercepted shipments of heroin and other illegal drugs at UPS’ worldwide hub has been disbanded following a police scandal. (April 2017) Terry Lipshetz/Courier Journal | Wochit Narcotics Detective Kyle Willett made the 10-minute drive to a McDonald’s drive-thru for sweet tea and cheeseburgers before returning…
By AARON MUDD amudd@bgdailynews.com – Western Kentucky University students will have to shell out more tuition dollars if the university’s Board of Regents approves a proposed 4 percent increase Friday. A proposed tuition and fees schedule said the rate for resident undergraduate students would increase from $5,101 to $5,301 per semester. The rate for nonresident undergraduate…
by DANIEL DESROCHERS, ddesrochers@herald-leader.com – When U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington first won his seat in 2012, he made heavy use of a signature industry of the region: coal. Now, as Barr fends off his strongest Democratic challenger yet, another signature industry in the district is under threat: bourbon. After President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on…
By WYMT Staff | (WYMT/WSAZ)- Hepatitis A cases across the commonwealth and in West Virginia, continue to climb. Since May, the numbers have increased, although cases involving food service workers have seemed to decline. At the end of April, Kentucky reported 400 hepatitis A cases since November. However, as of June 13, that number has increased…
by Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal – Published 3:27 p.m. ET June 13, 2018 | Updated 6:42 p.m. ET June 13, 2018 The Poor People’s campaign, an anti-poverty group, was once more denied access to the Kentucky State Capitol this week. Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal FRANKFORT – Rev. William Barber, national co-chair of the Poor People’s…
By Macy Marie | (WYMT) – Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Treating Barriers to Prosperity Act. The act expands the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) efforts to fight drug abuse in Appalachia. Congressman Hal Rogers is a co-sponsor of the bill. “ARC has always been a valued partner in our fight, but this legislation…
by Associated Press | SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky will receive nearly $1 million in federal funding to help parks and outdoor recreation. A statement from U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers says U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that $923,741 will be distributed to Kentucky for Land and Water Conservation Fund from revenues available through…