FRANKFORT, Ky. — As Kentucky lawmakers prepare to tackle pension reform, they’re also considering the impact the commonwealth’s struggling retirement systems will have on the next budget and whether legislators’ pensions should be handled differently than those of other public employees. During a Monday meeting of the legislature’s Public Pension Oversight Board, state Rep. James…
FLORENCE – Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear presented a $48,000 grant funding check from the Child Victims’ Trust Fund to Family Nurturing Center in Florence, an agency which works to help prevent child abuse in Northern Kentucky. The money which will be doubled by an anonymous donor match will be used to provide 230 training…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2017) – Gov. Matt Bevin today made the following appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions: Richard Crist, Rebecca Ruby Swansburg, William Boggs and Jordan Lanham have been appointed to the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority. Richard Crist, of Florence, is a civil engineer and real estate developer. He will serve for a…
Sixth District Representative Andy Barr says Kentuckians and other Americans should be concerned about activities within the North Korean government. The Republican representative says those worries should be based on ten years of a U.S. policy of strategic patience toward the nation ruled by dictator Kim Jong-un. Barr says he applauds the Trump administration’s approach. “Enhanced…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – A rogue distillery worker at the center of a bourbon-heist scheme that spirited away tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of liquor has pleaded guilty in a case that has already secured a place in Kentucky lore. Gilbert “Toby” Curtsinger, accused as the ringleader of the operation that stole bourbon from a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A Republican lawmaker has filed a bill that would let Kentucky’s governor appoint the state’s appellate judges. State Rep. Jason Nemes pre-filed the legislation Wednesday. It would amend the state constitution to let the governor pick judges from a list of three nominees provided by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Right now, the…
Kentucky residents may soon be able to wager on their favorite sports team. A bill filed today by Senator Julian M. Carroll, D-Frankfort, sets the framework to allow any horse racing track or off-track wagering facility to offer sports wagering. The majority of revenue generated from sports wagering will be deposited into the Kentucky Employees…
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Catholic Health Initiatives’ Mission & Ministry Fund have awarded $1,124,240 in grant funding to the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation, in cooperation with the Saint Joseph London Foundation, both part of KentuckyOne Health. The grant will help develop an innovative model for addressing barriers created by social determinants of health,…
In response to last Wednesday’s article regarding the Pulaski County Fiscal Court’s vote to join in a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical distributors accused of contributing to the opioid epidemic, a trade association representing the companies named issued a statement clarifying they do not manufacture opioids and otherwise refuting the suits’ claims. “As distributors, we…
Real estate sales in Kentucky continued to increase after a strong first half of the year. Total home sales in July hit 4,996 for a 3.9 percent increase over the same month in 2016. Year to date, home sales hit 30,939 versus 29,596 in 2016, an increase of 4.5 percent. These improvements in the market…