Juvenile justice reforms a 'good first step' to cut costs and counterproductive decisions, former official says
05/07/2014 07:20 PM
Hasan Davis, the former juvenile justice commissioner who left the department last month, said he expects the juvenile justice system reforms passed earlier this year to start cutting the costs and the unintended consequences of locking up non-violent youth offenders. “The structure is in place for us to slow the process. It should be very rare for kids to come deep into the justice system because those front end systems will slow that possibility,” Davis said at 1:55 of the... Read more 
Commission fines former Rep. John Arnold $3,000 for ethics violations in harassment case
05/07/2014 04:13 PM
UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The Legislative Ethics Commission on Wednesday voted 5-1 to charge former Democratic Rep. John Arnold for three counts of ethics violations and to fine him $3,000 for Arnold’s comments to and inappropriate touching of three legislative staffers. Each count of the three counts represented a staff member who brought complaints against Arnold. The commission re-heard testimony from those three staff members, Yolanda Costner, Cassaundra Cooper and Gloria Morgan, as well as Arnold’s attorney on Wednesday. Five members of the... Read more
PREVIEW: Former troubled teen turned juvenile justice commissioner explains reforms
05/07/2014 12:57 PM
One of the more sweeping bills to make it through the 2014 General Assembly was the juvenile justice system reforms, championed by key lawmakers and officials like Hasan Davis, the Juvenile Justice Commissioner. Davis announced his resignation in early April and hoped to see his efforts fully come to pass in the form of more guidance and less punishment in detention centers for status offenses. Status offenders are minors who get in trouble for doing things that are only illegal... Read more
Legislative Ethics Commission will take up Arnold case again
05/07/2014 12:01 PM
(UPDATED 12:38 p.m.) — The Legislative Ethics Commission is taking a mulligan and is re-hearing the sexual harassment case against former Democratic Rep. John Arnold on Wednesday. Commissioners on Wednesday morning decided that the statutes governing the panel allow the panel to take up the case again after last month’s decision ended without charging Arnold. With several members absent at the April 8 meeting, the commission had voted 4-1 vote in favor of charging Arnold with ethics violations. But five votes... Read more
Getting hemp seeds to Kentucky proving to be as challenging as getting crop legalized
05/07/2014 09:27 AM
While it took an act of Congress this year to allow Kentucky to start hemp growing pilot projects, not everyone has gotten the memo. Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer said over the weekend that only about 10 percent of the hemp seeds are in Kentucky at this point. Comer said officials in his department have been reaching out to border patrol and customs agents in port cities like Chicago where the seeds are supposed to enter the United States. Many... Read more
For the third time in as many months, leading Kentucky politicians find themselves addressing cockfighting.A new federal case brings questions about the bloodsport to a top state Democratic lawmaker and puts the practice back into conversations about the U.S. Senate race.Federal authorities filed charges against three Eastern Kentucky residents this week in a massive cockfighting ring run out of the Big Blue Sportsman’s Club in McDowell, Ky. [...]
Thu, May 08, 2014 1:15:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Senate Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes will tout her jobs plan on a 50-county bus tour across Kentucky this week.The road trip begins Friday in McCraken County and ends in Lexington on May 20, which is primary Election Day."As the divisive GOP primary rages on, Republicans, Democrats and independents alike are excited to get involved in our grassroots campaign," said Grimes political director Elizabeth Cantrell in a news release. [...]
Thu, May 08, 2014 12:30:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Judge approves deal on challengers at Magoffin County polling places
from bestep@herald-leader.com (Bill Estep)
from bestep@herald-leader.com (Bill Estep)
SALYERSVILLE — A judge approved a deal Wednesday to appoint challengers at Magoffin County polling places, settling a controversy in which 15 local candidates said Judge-Executive Charles "Doc" Hardin refused…Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, May 07, 2014 11:50:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Homeowners in two West Louisville neighborhoods are fed up with the influx of transitional housing and are seeking to ban such units in their part of the city for at least a year.Councilwoman Cheri Bryant Hamilton, D-5, is sponsoring the ordinance, which would impose a 12-month moratorium on granting any permits for the construction or establishment of such units in the Shawnee and Chickasaw neighborhoods. [...]
Wed, May 07, 2014 10:04:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Grimes to take 50-county bus tour to promote economic plan
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
Likely Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes is embarking on a 50-county bus tour to promote her economic plan ahead of the May 20 primary.Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, May 07, 2014 10:03:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Bevin and Massie have not signed GOP pledge to support U.S. Senate nominee
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
The majority of Kentucky's federal Republican officials and candidates have signed a pledge to support whichever U.S. Senate candidate emerges from the May 20 primary, but two prominent Republicans are…Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, May 07, 2014 9:31:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said on CNN's "Crossfire" Monday night that Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is "not my leader." Santorum, who was one of the last remaining Republican presidential candidates in the field in 2012 after a narrow victory in the Iowa caucuses, was pressed by host and former Obama administration official Van Jones about whether Paul, a possible contender for the 2016 Republican nomination, is the leader of the party. "Well, no, he's not my leader," Santorum said. "I can tell you that for sure. But his father and I had some disagreements during the last [...]
Tue, May 06, 2014 11:06:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission has found former state representative John Arnold guilty of three counts of violating ethics code on Wednesday afternoon, May 7. [...]
Thu, May 08, 2014 2:06:50 PM, Continue reading at the source
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