Lawmakers agree on need for heroin legislation, but provisions still up in the air
09/10/2014 08:30 AM
House Judiciary Chair John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville, is one of four lawmakers quietly working to piece together a bill dealing with the increase of heroin use in the state. Where last year’s bill failed to make it out of the legislature lawmakers on the group say that all options are on the table including increased punishments for traffickers of heroin. However, Tilley said tougher penalties for traffickers don’t really work. “We have to find a way to distinguish those who are... Read more 
Money Matters: How a coal magnate and his wife will help level the gubernatorial playing field
09/09/2014 05:46 PM
The emergence of prominent GOP fundraisers Joe Craft and his wife Kelly Knight in Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer’s gubernatorial campaign is “a coup” for the Republican hopeful, state political observers say. Craft, CEO of Tulsa, Okla.-based Alliance Resource Partners, and Knight, a former U.S. delegate to the United Nations, offer a dense fundraising roster as former co-chairs of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Kentucky financial apparatus in 2012. What’s more, observers say the couple, who will serve as honorary co-chairs,... Read more
Comer campaign says issues and support set them apart from other candidates in the race
09/09/2014 03:17 PM
Directly after the official announcement of his candidacy for governor and running mate, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer and his campaign team held a press conference Tuesday to discuss the details of the policy and strategy behind the ticket. Because of the large role the Affordable Care Act is playing in recent elections, Comer was asked about what he would do about Governor Steve Beshear’s decision to go through with a health exchange through the law and expand Medicaid. Comer said that... Read more
Louisville’s chamber of commerce took a firm stance against an ordinance increasing local workers' pay rates to $10.10 an hour on Tuesday.Greater Louisville Inc. came out against the proposal a day after five Metro Council Democrats filed a measure raising wages for employees over the next three years, which has been met with caution among some Democrats and outright opposition by Republican lawmakers. [...]
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Louisville Metro Councilman Ken Fleming is preparing a bill that would forbid businesses with organized labor from firing employees who refuse to join unions or pay union dues.The potential for a so-called “right to work” ordinance sponsored by GOP lawmakers comes on the heels of a Democratic proposal filed this week to raise the city’s minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.It also puts the national and statewide debate on the best way to help workers at the council level, which Republican council members have said is long overdue. [...]
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