In a sharply worded rebuke, a Franklin Circuit Court judge delivered a blow to the Bevin administration’s efforts to cut environmental red tape. In a ruling made public Wednesday, Judge Phillip Shepherd overturned 2017 regulations that dramatically limited state and public involvement in what electric utilities must do to get permission to construct new landfills or ponds for…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 30, 2018) – For the third year in a row, Kentucky’s real estate market set new records in a number of areas despite inventory issues that kept many buyers on the sidelines for much of the year. Total home sales reached in 2017 were the highest ever recorded in the state at…
FRANKFORT. Ky. (WYMT) – Kentucky’s Secretary of State announced Tuesday that close to 100 women are seeking seats in Kentucky’s General Assembly. More than 550 candidates had filed with the Secretary of State for various offices on the primary election ballot for May 22, 2018, including more than 200 candidates for seats in the Kentucky House…
FRANKFORT — Three hundred Kentuckians filed to run for a seat in the Republican-dominated Kentucky General Assembly this year, with Democrats slightly outpacing their GOP counterparts in an election year that promises dozens of intense political battles. Hoping to ride a wave of discontent, 155 Democrats filed for a seat in the 100-member House or 38-member…
Bourbon distilleries in Kentucky are reporting a record number of visitors. A statement from the Kentucky Distillers’ Association says nearly 1.2 million people visited distilleries along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour last year. That comes on the heels of a milestone in 2016, when visitors made more than 1 million…
Take a look at a few things that teachers object to in proposed pension reform in Kentucky. Mary Ann Gerth/Louisville Courier Journal Jan Taylor strolled into a classroom in Trimble County in her mid-20s and discovered she’d found her calling. Working with young children to get them ready to start school challenged and inspired her, and she loved…
A Kentucky lawmaker has proposed a bill that would strip state funding from cities and state universities that have so-called “sanctuary” policies for immigrants. Rep. Lynn Bechler, a Republican from Marion, said his proposal would not require cities or schools to proactively report illegal immigrants. “It doesn’t require the cities or colleges and universities to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As more female soldiers move into frontline combat jobs, the Army’s top leaders have decided to integrate female officers into infantry and armor brigades at three more military bases around the country. The decision comes a year after the first women began enlisting in the ground combat units, and it will send…
FRANKFORT, KY. — At the beginning of 2017, Cathy Carter was a public school teacher with no plans to retire. A year later, she’s wrapping up her career to do something she never thought she would: Run for elected office. Carter is one of at least 28 current and former educators running for a seat in…
FRANKFORT — Senate Minority Leader Ray Jones called Wednesday for an armed guard in every Kentucky public school following a deadly shooting Tuesday at Marshall County High School. In a floor speech, Jones, D-Pikeville, said Kentucky has not adequately funded school security measures, including law-enforcement officers who are known as school resource officers. “In my opinion,…
