Kentucky Senate sends seven bills to an empty chamber with House out until Monday
02/19/2015 10:30 PM
FRANKFORT — As Kentuckians braced for subzero temperatures Thursday, the state Senate sent seven bills across the Capitol to a chamber that will remain empty until Monday. Senate President Robert Stivers chided House leaders for clearing their chamber’s legislative schedule this week following a winter storm that dropped more than a foot in some areas. But echoing a similar statement from House Speaker Greg Stumbo, Stivers said the Senate’s decision to convene the 14th day of the 2015 session will not... Read more 
Bill requiring transgender students to use restrooms of their birth sex fails to get committee votes
02/19/2015 05:08 PM
FRANKFORT – A bill which would have banned transgender students from using school restrooms that don’t correspond to their anatomical sex failed to receive enough votes to get out of the Senate Committee on Education Thursday. Senate Bill 76, known as the “Kentucky Student Privacy Act”, sponsored by Sen. C. B. Embry Jr., R-Morgantown, would have required students to use restrooms, locker rooms and showers of the sex that they were born. The bill would allow transgender students to ask for special... Read more
Senate bill setting 6 percent debt ceiling clears budget committee
02/19/2015 02:41 PM
FRANKFORT — The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee has unanimously sent a bill that would cap the state’s debt at 6 percent of its revenue to the Senate floor Thursday. Senate Bill 94, sponsored by Sen. Joe Bowen, R-Owensboro, would also direct any savings realized in drawing down the state’s indebtedness to the underfunded Kentucky Employees Retirement System for non-hazardous state workers. Bowen, testifying for the bill, said the state currently has a debt ratio of 8.1 percent rather than the reported... Read more
Prince Charles, Camilla to Visit Louisville In March to Discuss Health, Environment
from Erica Peterson
from Erica Peterson
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will visit Louisville next month at the end of a U.S. tour. Their visit on March 20 will focus on the links between health and the environment. Prince Charles has long been an advocate for sustainability, and published a book in 2010 about humanity’s disconnect with nature. Here’s the official announcement of Charles and Camilla’s visit: On Friday 20th March, Their Royal Highnesses will end their visit to the USA in Louisville, Kentucky. Central to The Prince of Wales’s programme in Louisville is a symposium on health where His Royal Highness will give a keynote address [...]
Fri, Feb 20, 2015 5:19:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
After reaching subzero temperatures early Friday, the Louisville area is expected to warm up (relatively) to the mid-20s in the afternoon. But the week of rough winter weather isn’t close to being finished. Related StoryWhat It Sounds Like In a Louisville Homeless Shelter On a Frigid NightLouisville and the surrounding area may get as much as three inches of snow and sleet Friday evening into Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Freezing rain is possible during the day on Saturday, and then rain. The National Weather Service is warning of the possibility of flooding Saturday and Sunday. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews [...]
Fri, Feb 20, 2015 5:03:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Rand Paul: Feedback on proposed GOP presidential caucus in Kentucky 'very positive'
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
Less than three weeks before he will ask the state Republican Party to hold a presidential caucus in 2016, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said he is only hearing positive feedback…Click to Continue » [...]
Fri, Feb 20, 2015 4:27:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that he is likely to announce whether he'll run for president in 2016 sometime in March or April from his home state of Kentucky.Click to Continue » [...]
Fri, Feb 20, 2015 4:18:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
When the temperature dips below 35 degrees, some Louisville homeless shelters open their doors to anyone who needs a bed, regardless of space. Related StoryFor Louisville's Homeless, a Cold and Snowy Night Means Scrambling For Food and a BedThese are called White Flag nights. This week–after several inches of snowfall–temperatures dropped below zero in the Louisville area. WFPL asked Thompson Williams, a monitor at Wayside Christian Mission in downtown Louisville, to carry around a recorder and capture the sounds of a packed shelter on Wednesday, a White Flag night. Here’s what he heard: [...]
Fri, Feb 20, 2015 12:01:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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