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…
By Chris Otts – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The University of Louisville Foundation has agreed to pay its former chief financial officer $175,000 to settle a lawsuit over his firing last year in the wake of two independent reports that criticized the organization for overspending and poor financial management. R. Jason Tomlinson, who became the…
by Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier Journal – Courier Journal reporter Thomas Novelly spends five minutes with Bullitt Co. special election candidate Rebecca Johnson before Tuesday’s election. Alton Strupp/Louisville Courier Journal An hour after being defeated by Linda Belcher in a special election in Bullitt County Tuesday night, a spokesman for Rebecca Johnson said she is claiming…
by JACK BRAMMER, [email protected] – FRANKFORT — A judge ruled Tuesday that Attorney General Andy Beshear can hire outside attorneys to sue drug manufacturers and distributors without getting approval from the Bevin Administration. In a 12-page ruling, Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said Gov. Matt Bevin’s power to implement executive authority “does not authorize him to micro-manage…
