FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 2, 2018) – The Senate passed a measure yesterday to preserve the status quo in determining how many package liquor licenses are issued in individual cities and counties by a 32-4 vote. The measure, known as Senate Bill 110, would do that by codifying in law rules that limit the number of…
Lindsey Collinsworth nearly died alone in a stairwell. A few years later, the Catholic high school graduate and recovering addict has a job she enjoys, a baby on the way and the most supportive boyfriend she’s ever had. Actually, thanks to a surprise Christmas Day proposal, he’s now her fiancé. The couple has an unusual link. Before Lindsey…
Vice President Mike Pence will appear at a Versailles bakery next week for an event to promote the Republican tax cuts. America First Policies, a group started by President Trump’s campaign aides to back the White House agenda, is hosting the event at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at More Than a Bakery. Pence has done similar tax reform talks…
Murray State University’s president says the House committee’s version of the state budget that restores higher education funding was the result of a ‘significant’ team effort. In a letter to the campus community on Wednesday, Davies said the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee’s biennial budget scales back cuts that had been proposed by Governor Matt Bevin.…
As a swollen Ohio River began to recede from its highest crest in 21 years, the damage from moderate flooding across the region began to emerge. The water on the river peaked Monday and was expected to continue falling this week, even though the National Weather Service sees more rain in the forecast as early Tuesday…
FRANKFORT, KY. A Kentucky Democrat elected to a state House seat in a district Republican President Donald Trump won with 72 percent of the vote just two years ago will be sworn in on Tuesday. Linda Belcher will replace former GOP Rep. Dan Johnson, who killed himself last year after facing sexual assault allegations. Belcher…
Kentucky’s top lawyer is pressing for passage of new protections for utility customers. Attorney General Andy Beshear joined Democratic lawmakers Monday to make the case for added consumer protections aimed at shielding utility customers from bills Rep. Angie Hatton described as “shocking.” “You hear stories about families who have shut off every room except one.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Kentucky Lottery Corporation has turned over its 5-billionth-dollar to the Commonwealth. The Kentucky Lottery started in 1989. Since then, money generated through the lottery has been given to the state. The Kentucky General Assembly decides how the money is distributed. When the lottery started, the money was given to Vietnam…
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the title of former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander. When state Rep. Chris Harris decided last week to back some gun regulations following the school shootings in Benton, Kentucky, and Parkland, Florida, he expected some feedback. But, wow. In the days since I wrote about the longtime…
Coal companies linked to the billionaire governor of West Virginia owe $2.9 million in delinquent property taxes in Kentucky, shorting schools and local government programs of money at a time many are struggling with tight finances. The biggest outstanding debt is in Knott County, where a company called Kentucky Fuel Corporation is $1.92 million behind…