By WAVE Staff | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Thursday is Bring Your Bible To School Day, and Gov. Matt Bevin is doing his part to make sure Kentucky students are aware. Bevin tweeted a video Tuesday, along with a caption that read, in part: “The Judeo-Christian principles that are bound in this book are timeless, containing an amazing…
By WBKO News Staff | FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) — Hands-off driving might be mandatory for Kentuckians in years to come. State lawmakers James Tipton (R – Taylorsville) and Steve Sheldon (R – Bowling Green) have pre-filed a bill that would ban drivers from using any communication devices from behind the wheel, including cell phones and tablets. The…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – State Rep. Jeff Hoover, R-Jamestown, will not be seeking re-election in 2020. Hoover was involved in a secret sexual harassment settlement with a legislative staffer causing him to step down as speaker in 2018. Hoover along with three other lawmakers paid a secret $110,000 settlement to Marisa Espinosa in 2017 for…
By SYDNI ANDERSON A political science professor from Murray State University predicts pensions and jobs will be big topics at Kentucky’s first televised gubernatorial debate this Thursday in Paducah. Drew Seib said he thinks the pension issue will be unavoidable for Republican governor Matt Bevin and Democrat Attorney General Andy Beshear at the October 3 debate.…
By KARYN CZAR Training sessions on how to recognize early signs of child abuse will be held this week in Louisville and Lexington. The events, run by Kosair Charities’s “Face It” movement, are designed to educate social workers, early-childhood educators, emergency medical service providers and concerned community members on how to spot red-flag bruising on children.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In today’s meeting of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation’s board of directors, year-to-date sales for the current fiscal year were reviewed. Overall sales from July through August were $170.3 million. This is 0.6% ($970,000) more than the same period last year. Scratch-off ticket sales totaled $102.3 million, up 2.6% ($2.6 million). Top draw game…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin has made the following appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions: John Senter has been appointed as a member of the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee. John Senter, of Frankfort, is a financial institution lender. He will serve for a term expiring June 13, 2022. The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating…
By LISA AUTRY Some Kentucky colleges and universities are among 600 higher education institutions across the nation asking Congress to give permanent protection to children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, was enacted by the Obama administration to prevent those known as “Dreamers” from being…
by Chris Attorneys general in 24 states, including Kentucky and Illinois, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to express their opposition over a proposed rule change to the food stamp program. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul are among the coalition of Democratic AGs that filed the…
By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration hired a physician to lead the state’s infectious disease office just months after the Department of Veterans Affairs dismissed that doctor for “egregious” medical misconduct. Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services hired Dr. John “Mel” Bennett in the same month that the VA’s Inspector General published…