Rep. Tilley leaves open running in 2015 or for House leadership, all but eliminates party switch
05/04/2014 02:56 PM
Earlier this year, Democrats looking at running for governor began circulating poll results that showed a conservative Democrat from western Kentucky selected as a running mate would most help a gubernatorial ticket. That region was once a stronghold for Democrats, but Republicans have been making inroads in both state legislative and local offices, slowly whittling down the list of possibilities. Democratic Rep. John Tilley, the House Judiciary Committee chairman from Hopkinsville, is among the most prominent among those Democratic elected... Read more 
Edelen says short list for potential running mates is stocked with 'private sector' experience
05/04/2014 02:56 PM
State Auditor Adam Edelen confirmed he has a short list for potential running mates in next year’s governor’s races and indicated that it’s mostly stocked with names from the private sector. Edelen so far hasn’t been linked to any specific name for a lieutenant govenror candidate if Edelen, indeed, gets into the race. Edelen, a Democrat who lives in Lexington and grew up in Meade County, said he’s not focused in picking someone to bring geographic or gender balance to... Read more
Comer says Derby pick -- Dance With Fate -- reflects gubernatorial ambitions
05/03/2014 05:33 PM
Agriculture Commissioner James Comer’s reason for picking Dance With Fate in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby sounded suspiciously like a campaign theme. “I believe he’s got a pretty good past record. And I think it’s important to bet on someone who has proven success,” Comer said of the horse. He said he’s not ready to officially announce whether that will be his theme in a 2015 run for the Republican nomination for governor. Republican Hal Heiner, who was out of town Saturday, already... Read more
Alison Grimes talks Ky. Derby, not much else
05/03/2014 05:30 PM
Aside from talking about her Kentucky Derby pick, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes wasn’t eager to weigh in on much on Saturday. “Today is a day we set politics aside and we focus on the greatest two-minutes of sports,” Grimes said. She did partially answer a question about campaign finance reform, saying she would push for some reforms on the federal level. She didn’t say what kind of reforms she would prefer. “We’ll leave that for another... Read more
Ky. Energy Sec. Len Peters says he's 'pretty confident' EPA will give a little on greenhouse gas rates
05/02/2014 10:15 AM
After meetings and telephone conversations with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and her staff over the past year, Kentucky’s energy and environment secretary said he believes the agency will give “flexibility” in new regulations due out this summer. Len Peters, the state energy secretary, said he and Gov. Steve Beshear have explained to McCarthy — who has been leading the EPA for the last year — the effect the agency’s regulations have had on Kentucky’s coal industry and... Read more
Kentucky spending millions on student busing at private, religious schools
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
Over the last six years, as the state of Kentucky shrank public education funding, it spent nearly $18 million to pay for student busing at private, mostly religious schools in…Click to Continue » [...]
Sat, May 03, 2014 9:42:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT -- Louis Hall Sr., an institution in the Kentucky Capitol for his nearly 52 years of service to the state's high court and 62 years as a state employee, retired Friday. Hall, 83, spent part of the afternoon taking down photos of state politicians he has known from a wall of his wood-paneled small office next to the stately Supreme Court chambers on the second floor of the Capitol. [...]
Fri, May 02, 2014 7:28:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT – Gov. Steve Beshear, who has transformed the long-running Governor’s Derby Breakfast to the Governor’s Derby Celebration, is inviting the public to attend the free festive event in downtown Frankfort Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The free Derby breakfast that Gov. A.B. “Happy” Chandler started as a private get-together for a few friends in the 1930s eventually turned into a public spectacle that for years attracted about 15,000 guests for a free country ham breakfast near the Capitol. Under Beshear, the event has become more of a street fair in downtown Frankfort. It has attracted a [...]
Fri, May 02, 2014 3:59:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
New leader named to head embattled Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
Gregory K. Johnson, a retired Natural Resources Conservation Service executive with past experience in Kentucky, is the new commissioner of the embattled state Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.Click to Continue » [...]
Fri, May 02, 2014 3:50:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — Gregory K. Johnson, a retired Natural Resources Conservation Service executive with past experience in Kentucky, is the new commissioner of the embattled state Department of Fish and Wildlife. At a specially called meeting Friday, seven commission members unanimously approved Johnson to replace Jonathan Gassett, who resigned last September during an investigation of his 14-year tenure by the Office of Inspector General. One commission member was absent and another commission seat is vacant. In March, the Executive Branch Ethics Commission fined Gassett $7,500 for nine counts of ethics violations, including ordering state workers to pump out the flooded basement of [...]
Fri, May 02, 2014 3:26:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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