MADD rallies to support bill allowing ignition interlocks in DUI convictions
02/03/2015 10:14 PM
FRANKFORT — Alex Otte was 13 when she was “mowed over” by a drunk boater while sitting on a jet ski on Lake Herrington. The 18-year-old Lexington native, who lost a leg and suffered other major injuries in the wreck, shared her story without regrets Tuesday as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and other supporters rallied for House Bill 60, legislation that would make ignition interlock devices an optional punishment in DUI convictions. State Rep. Dennis Keene, a Wilder Democrat and sponsor... Read more 
Top lawmakers ready to look for new LRC director after releasing draft audit of agency
02/03/2015 06:24 PM
FRANKFORT — More than a year has passed since former Legislative Research Commission Director Robert Sherman retired amid a sexual harassment scandal involving a staffer and a lawmaker, and legislative leaders are prepared to take the first step in naming his full-time successor on Wednesday. House Speaker Greg Stumbo told reporters Tuesday, the first day lawmakers reconvened the 30-day session, that leading lawmakers will discuss launching a search for Sherman’s permanent replacement at Wednesday’s Legislative Research Commission meeting. Senate President Robert... Read more
GOP gubernatorial candidates say tax reform is key to improving business climate in Kentucky
02/03/2015 06:18 PM
LEXINGTON — Reforming Kentucky’s tax code to improve the business climate was the main message Tuesday from the four Republican gubernatorial candidates at the Kentucky Association of Realtors Gubernatorial Candidate Forum in Lexington. A majority of the candidates at the forum remarked on the need to adjust income and corporate taxing structure in the commonwealth with several of the four men highlighting Tennessee, which does not charge residents an income tax. Matt Bevin, who filed just hours before the deadline, told... Read more
Treasurer Hollenbach proposes retirement accounts for Kentucky businesses
02/03/2015 04:06 PM
FRANKFORT — Using the state as a catalyst state Treasurer Todd Hollenbach is proposing businesses across the commonwealth offer retirement accounts for employees who lack access to retirement accounts through their workplace. Hollenbach said 786,000 Kentuckians could currently take advantage of the plan entitled KYRA, short for Kentucky Retirement Account. The legislation was filed on Tuesday by Rep. Martha Jane King, D-Lewisburg, the primary sponsor of the legislation, who said the goal is give Kentuckians a choice that does not... Read more
As it stands, teachers, parents and others are allowed to sit on hiring committees for Kentucky school district superintendents. Students aren’t allowed. But a group of Kentucky students has been lobbying for the right to have one of their peers sit on those hiring committees, which vet superintendent candidates and send recommendations to their respective schools boards. “We are the ones being directly affected by these decisions, and it’s weird to me that we’re not being included,” said Susie Smith, a senior at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington who is part of the group requesting the change. The students have gained a high-profile [...]
Wed, Feb 04, 2015 12:30:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
WASHINGTON — The bourbon was flowing and, at least in one Washington ballroom, a spirit of bipartisanship broke out Tuesday night, courtesy of Kentucky's distillers.Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Feb 04, 2015 3:00:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Legislative leaders pledge to begin search for new director to reform troubled agency
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves and Jack Brammer)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves and Jack Brammer)
The Kentucky Legislative Research Commission could have a new director by this summer who would enact reforms at the troubled agency, legislative leaders said Tuesday.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Feb 03, 2015 11:13:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
President Barack Obama unveiled his $4 trillion budget proposal on Monday morning, and there were a number of proposals near and dear to the future of Kentucky and its coal-producing…Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Feb 03, 2015 10:55:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The process of hiring a new permanent director for the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission will begin Wednesday, the leaders of both legislative chambers said. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, a Democrat from Prestonsburg, on Tuesday said the new director will be responsible for reforming the state agency. “And [the LRC] needs to be constantly monitored, which is probably the biggest flaw of the entire LRC situation,” Stumbo said. “There was not enough independent monitoring to make sure the director was doing what the director should have been doing.” The state agency has been under the leadership of an interim director, Marcia Seiler, since former [...]
Tue, Feb 03, 2015 10:54:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The Kentucky Senate passed a bill on the third day of the legislative session last month, but the House has yet to produce a bill this session addressing the state’s heroin problem. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, a Democrat from Prestonsburg, on Tuesday said he has issues with the upper chamber’s version—specifically, the bill’s provision to fund treatment programs. “The Senate [version of the bill] spent money—and nobody is against rehabilitation—but the Senate spent money that wasn’t really there, and it’s kind of a bit of a false promise, I’m afraid,” Stumbo said The Senate bill, proposed by Taylor Mill Republican Chris McDaniel, takes savings from 2011 criminal [...]
Tue, Feb 03, 2015 9:38:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT – State Treasurer Todd Hollenbach and state Rep. Martha Jane King, D-Lewisburg, unveiled legislation Tuesday designed to help Kentuckians who lack access to a retirement saving plan at their workplace. The state official and lawmaker said at a Capitol news conference that 786,000 Kentucky workers could take advantage of the so-called Kentucky Retirement Account Program. “KYRA will provide an opportunity for them to insure they have enough income to support themselves when they retire,” said Hollenbach. [...]
Tue, Feb 03, 2015 5:57:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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