BY EVA MCKEND KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 4:28 PM ET JUL. 19, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – Finding an affordable place to live can be tremendously difficult for low-Income families. According to research from the Brookings Institution, poor families in at least ten metro areas they surveyed shell out more than 60% of their income on housing. The Department of Housing defines…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The steel frame of Transylvania University’s new Campus Center will soon rise from the construction site along North Broadway. Work is proceeding on schedule for a fall 2020 opening. So far, workers have been focused on the lower level of the $30-million facility. Footings — which will help support the structure —…
Associated Press Published 2:56 p.m. ET July 23, 2019 | Updated 6:10 p.m. ET July 23, 2019 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — While Kentucky lawmakers worked Tuesday on a pension-relief bill he wants them to pass, Gov. Matt Bevin was in Colorado for a partisan event that he says let him talk trade issues with the…
By Becca Schimmel The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has been granted another extension on compliance with the REAL ID Act. This will allow current state driver’s licenses to be used for air travel until October 2020. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has determined that the Commonwealth is fully compliant with the new ID regulations.…
By Liz Schlemmer Kentucky has been funding health benefits for retired teachers for decades. But this year for the first time, that payment was dependent on a budget surplus. This move — to cut the health insurance funding from the state’s biennial budget and instead pay it only in the event the state made…
By The Lane Report MURRAY, Ky. — The Murray State University Center for Telecommunications Systems Management is transforming into the Center for Computer and Information Technology — its award-winning Program of Distinction — to reflect its modern approach to computer education. “As technology has evolved and the boundaries between specific CIT industries have started…
By BECCA SCHIMMEL – Republican Congressman Brett Guthrie spoke about immigration, diversity and military relations with Iran while in Bowling Green on Friday. He said the negative rhetoric about immigration needs to stop on both sides of the aisle. The Congressman sees it as an impediment to diversifying the Republican party. Guthrie’s district includes Bowling…
by Krystle Callais – FANCY FARM, KY — The speaking order has been updated for the upcoming Fancy Farm picnic. Organizers are only waiting for three politicians to confirm if they are coming to the political event this year. They are U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, and Kentucky Secretary of…
HEBRON, Ky. — Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport officials briefed a group of state legislators yesterday on road improvements needed to support a $1.5 billion freight hub Amazon is building at the airfield. “While the predominance of package movement will be plane to plane, there is also a need to expand road infrastructure,” airport CEO Candace McGraw…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 9:12 AM ET JUL. 18, 2019 LEXINGTON, Ky. – There are now three Democrats vying to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020. Farmer and retired Marine Mike Broihier announced his candidacy Thursday morning with a three-minute video titled “labels.” The video begins in black and white with people holding up chalkboard…
