Stumbo files medical marijuana bill; advocates say it's past time for Ky. to take action
01/06/2015 09:02 PM
With the 2015 legislative session underway, Kentucky lawmakers will again consider a controversial topic already debated in legislatures across the country — marijuana reform. Twenty-three states in the U.S. have bucked the federal prohibition on marijuana to allow their residents to use the cannabis plant with a doctor’s approval. In Kentucky, longtime political candidate Gatewood Galbraith, who died in 2012, used the issue of marijuana as a key tenant to his platform, and in the past several sessions both House... Read more 
GOP leader Hoover fends off challenge, former speaker to (intermittently) handle gavel after House leadership elections
01/06/2015 08:51 PM
FRANKFORT — State representatives came to Frankfort to address a number of topics facing Kentucky as this year’s legislative session gaveled in Tuesday, but first, both caucuses had to settle which members would lead their members for the next two years. House Minority Floor Leader Jeff Hoover survived the first challenge to his post in 14 years en route to an unprecedented eighth term at the top of the caucus as House Republicans elected two new faces to their leadership team. Meanwhile,... Read more
Heroin overdose treatment kits to be provided to patients at 3 Kentucky hospitals
01/06/2015 08:27 PM
FRANKFORT — Three Kentucky hospitals with the highest rates of heroin overdose deaths will soon be provided with heroin overdose reversal kits in an effort to save lives. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, Attorney General Jack Conway and First Lady Jane Beshear, announced Tuesday in Frankfort that $105,000 will be provided by the Substance Treatment Advisory Committee (SATAC), created by Gov. Beshear by executive order, to purchase approximately 2,000 Naloxone Rescue kits for the University of Louisville Hospital, University of Kentucky Hospital... Read more
Conway raises $176K in 4Q, bumps gubernatorial campaign total to $1.3M
01/06/2015 09:54 AM
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway’s campaign netted $176,042 in the final fundraising quarter of 2014, giving the Democratic hopeful more than $1.3 million raised since entering the gubernatorial race in May. Conway’s $1.3 million raised thus far sets a record for a non-incumbent gubernatorial candidate, according to the attorney general’s campaign in a news release late Monday. “We are honored to have the early support from Kentuckians across the Commonwealth,” Conway, who’s seeking the Democratic nomination alongside House Majority Caucus Chairwoman Sannie... Read more
FRANKFORT — Top Kentucky elected officials say a measure could remedy the costly issue of elected county jailers who have no jails to run—slashing their pay scales. The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting recently revealed that the state has 41 elected jailers in counties where the local jail had been consolidated with neighboring jurisdictions. The offices of the state’s 41-no-jail jailers cost taxpayers about $2 million annually. Related StoryOnly in Kentucky: Jailers Without JailsKentucky is the only state that elects jailers; most states put county jails under the jurisdiction of county sheriffs. But jailers in Kentucky hold a constitutionally established position—eliminating the [...]
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FRANKFORT — Nearly 130 demonstrators calling for action against the growing epidemic of heroin abuse filled the state Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, the first day of the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2015 session. Some, like Tina Rowland, carried poster-sized pictures of the family members they’d lost to heroin addiction and overdose. Rowland’s daughter Tabatha was 25 when she died from the drug. Related StoryTwo Louisvillians Share Stories of Heroin Addiction“We’re not stopping,” Rowland said. “The group’s going to get bigger. And the reason why the group is going to get bigger is that more people are going to die. So, come on. When’s [...]
Wed, Jan 07, 2015 1:47:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Ky. House Democrats elect former Speaker Jody Richards to their No. 2 leadership spot
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In a surprise on the first day of Kentucky's 2015 General Assembly, House Democrats elected former speaker and gubernatorial candidate Jody Richards of Bowling Green to their No. 2 leadership…Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Jan 07, 2015 12:27:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Will T. Scott, former Kentucky Supreme Court justice, says he will run for governor
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FRANKFORT — Will T. Scott of Pikeville, who stepped down Jan. 2 as a Kentucky Supreme Court justice, has decided to run for governor. Scott, a Republican, said during an…Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Jan 07, 2015 12:16:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Just days after stepping down from Kentucky's Supreme Court, Republican Will T. Scott said Tuesday that he will enter this year's wide-open race for governor.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Jan 06, 2015 10:33:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The Cordish Company is no longer partnering in the project to develop a 600-room luxury hotel in downtown Louisville. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced on Tuesday that Omni Hotels and Resorts will take over the entire planned project for a hotel, more than 225 apartments, a grocery, two restaurants, retail space, 70,000 square-feet of meeting space and a multi-floor art gallery. “As we got deeper into the project and it grew in scope and size we realized that it would be best to simplify the project and have a single developer, and Omni agreed to take over the entire project,” Fischer said. Cordish [...]
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