by Ryan Van Velzer – Add another export to the growing list of American products other countries could tax because of potential tariffs: met coal. Metallurgical coal — or “met coal” — is low-ash, low-sulfur coal that’s used to produce coke, an essential fuel for steel-making. Demand for met coal is tied to the demand for…
by Jessica Bard – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – A big piece of Norton Children’s Hospital will soon look completely different. The nearly $80 million renovation project is a quarter of the way completed. Phase One of the project is on the first floor next to the new Au Bon Pain café and bakery, which recently replaced…
Some Republicans and Democrats in the legislature are calling for Kentucky to legalize medical marijuana this year and permit people to use the drug to treat a variety of health problems. House Bill 166, which is sponsored by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers, would let qualifying patients diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition use…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – Kentucky’s newest lawmaker was sworn in Tuesday on the House floor. Rep. Robert Goforth decided to run in the 89th district special election after starting a campaign called “Project DARIS.” The 89th district includes Jackson, Laurel and Madison Counties. The goal of Project DARIS (Drug Awareness Resources in Schools) is to teach students about…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky would begin charging people for multiple handicap parking placards under a bill that has cleared the state House of Representatives.Kentucky had issued just over 32,000 disabled parking placards in 2008. In 2009, one year after the state stopped charging a fee, the state issued 209,000 placards. The explosion in placards…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky historians are protecting precious state artifacts in case the nearby Capital Plaza Implosion causes shaking at the Kentucky Historical Society. The society’s building is just a few blocks away from the Capital Plaza Tower, which is set for demolition Saturday at 1:30 p.m. “We don’t anticipate that we are going to…
FRANKFORT — Pregnant women in jail or prison could not be shackled during labor or child birth under a bill passed Monday by the state Senate. Senate Bill 133, sponsored by Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, would also allow women charged with non-violent drug offenses to be released while awaiting trial. Such inmates would have…
Proposals to tax widely-used painkillers called opioids have failed in other states, leaving Kentucky legislators in uncharted territory as they consider the levy to help shore up the state’s shaky finances. Kentucky would be the first state to approve such a tax if it succeeds in the current legislative session. The two-year state budget approved by…
by Beth Warren, Louisville Courier Journal – Published 6:59 a.m. ET March 5, 2018 | Updated 9:43 a.m. ET March 5, 2018 A Kentucky couple was forced into sobriety because of Casey’s Law. Now, they plan to marry. Sam Upshaw Jr./Louisville Courier Journal A nationally renowned pain doctor has called a proposed Kentucky opioid tax…
You might have heard you need a passport to fly inside the U.S. That’s wrong. We explain. Rachel Aretakis/Louisville Courier Journal Kentucky residents worried about being able to fly with only their license from the Bluegrass State can rest easy for now. For a time, Kentucky was looking at potential difficulties that residents flying domestically might encounter without…