By KARYN CZAR Tomorrow you can help decide not only if Governor Bevin will keep his job or if Attorney General Beshear will take his seat, but on several other state and local offices. Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins Jr. says they are fully staffed and ready to open the polls at 6:00 am Tuesday, all…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Bourbon production flowed at a record pace in Kentucky last year. The Kentucky Distillers’ Association says distilleries filled more than 2.1 million barrels of bourbon in 2018. The state’s inventory of aging spirits reached 9.1 million barrels, mostly bourbon. It’s the highest inventory in the 52 years that records have been kept. It’s…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky – Gov. Matt Bevin was recognized for signing a controversial gun law Wednesday. The National Association for Gun Rights presented Bevin and Rep. Savannah Maddox, R-Dry Ridge, the .50 Caliber Freedom Award for their work passing Senate Bill 150, which allowed constitutional carry in Kentucky. Constitutional carry means no separate permit or…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – Rep. David Meade, (R) Stanford, co-sponsored House Bill 3 earlier this year, which would have required drug screening, work requirements and other conditions for people receiving food assistance or other state aid. “That was simply just a bill to get the discussion started,” Meade said. “There was no intent on filing…
By KENTUCKY NEWS CONNECTION Originally published on October 29, 2019 8:39 am Funding for Kentucky’s pension system continues to be a fiercely debated topic, and some experts say putting an end to corporate tax breaks could help boost the revenue stream for public-employee retirement plans. Captain Brian O’Neill is a firefighter and president of the Louisville Professional…
By AARON MUDD amudd@bgdailynews.com Warren County Public Schools Superintendent Rob Clayton speaks Tuesday during a news conference with regional superintendents at the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative in Bowling Green. The group joined other superintendents across the state in unveiling its legislative priorities. AARON MUDD amudd@bgdailynews.com Banding together with school districts across the state, a…
By Will Puckett HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – Kentucky’s Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes has released her voter turnout prediction for the 2019 gubernatorial election. Grimes predicts 31% of the 3,451,537 people registered to vote in Kentucky will head to the polls. “Based on current absentee voting, I believe turnout will be at or above the 2015…
By STU JOHNSON The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council has voted down a recommendation to ban the pulminary drug Lasix on race day for two year horses and for those competing in stakes races. The ban for two year olds was proposed for next year and stakes races in 2021. The vote Monday came as the…
By Liz Schlemmer While many states are still struggling to fully restore funding for public universities and community colleges since 2008, Kentucky is falling even farther behind. The state’s funding for higher education has fallen by more than a quarter since just before the recession, after adjusting for inflation. A new report from the nonpartisan Center on Budget and…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – For the last year, lawmakers have been examining whether or not the CERS, the retirement system for county and city employees, should split off from the larger Kentucky Retirement System. The state reports the CERS has about 60 percent of what it needs to cover its future liabilities while other sections…