Clearer picture of EPA landscape ahead as resolutions expected in federal emissions plan, lawsuit
06/04/2015 06:41 PM
FRANKFORT – Kentucky will have a better handle on how the state will proceed under proposed emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this summer, state officials told the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment Thursday. The EPA is expected to unveil its federal plan to comply with new greenhouse gas emissions rules in August, and a federal appeals court may rule on a lawsuit against the EPA brought by 12 attorneys general, including Democratic gubernatorial candidate... Read more 
Democratic lt. gov. candidate Sannie Overly says ticket will focus on workforce development
06/04/2015 05:42 PM
HARRODSBURG — Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Sannie Overly told supporters at a “meet and greet” on Thursday in Harrodsburg that two of the top priorities of a Jack Conway-Sannie Overly administration will be to bring jobs to the state through educating the workforce and improve modern digital infrastructure throughout the commonwealth. Overly, who met with approximately 25 supporters at a downtown diner in Harrodsburg, said that Conway will be marketing the state to businesses around the globe and will... Read more
Disability payments restored to 900 people in E. Ky., Congressman Rogers says
06/04/2015 04:53 PM
Nearly 1,000 individuals in eastern Kentucky will have their disability payments returned after a meeting between acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Carolyn Colvin and U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers. The payments had been suspended as the Social Security Administration suspected fraud on behalf of a Floyd County attorney, who had been under investigation by the U.S. Senate. Nine hundred Kentuckians will once again receive the payments after Colvin heard from Rogers of the dire straights the Kentuckians face without the... Read more
Massie catches attention of national media for views, off-grid lifestyle
06/04/2015 09:53 AM
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Vanceburg, has caught the attention of national media for his complex relationship with Republican Party leadership and his personal beliefs. Buzzfeed has labeled Massie the new go-to member of the Republican conference for Democratic members looking for a GOP member to sponsor legislation on everything from surveillance, to industrial hemp, to cell-phone unlocking legislation. “What I tell folks is don’t confuse ideologues with partisans,” Massie told Pure Politics on the attention. “Ideologues read the... Read more
Legislative Research Commission takes first step toward identifying permanent director
06/03/2015 06:29 PM
FRANKFORT — The Legislative Research Commission has formed a search committee to identify possible permanent replacements for former LRC Director Robert Sherman, who resigned in September 2013 after allegations of sexual harassment by a departed lawmaker engulfed the Capitol. The LRC unanimously approved House Speaker Greg Stumbo’s motion Wednesday to establish a six-person panel to conduct the national search. The group, which includes Stumbo, Senate President Robert Stivers, House Minority Floor Leader Jeff Hoover, Senate Minority Floor Leader Ray Jones and... Read more
Food pantry hopes to end summer hunger for Kentucky children
06/03/2015 03:49 PM
LEXINGTON — This week, Kentucky school children have either begun or are getting close to their annual summer break. But sadly for many of Kentucky’s kids on free and reduced lunch, the end of the school year means an end to three regular well-balanced meals a day. God’s Pantry Food Bank, a Lexington-based organization that services a 50-county area in central and eastern Kentucky, provides free meals for children over the summer months in Fayette, Clay, Fleming, Lewis, Owsley, Scott,... Read more
Outside groups launch first attacks in general election race for governor
06/03/2015 10:33 AM
A national Republican group and a Kentucky Democratic super PAC are busy attacking candidates down partisan lines five months out from Election Day. The Republican Governor’s Association announced the launch of a digital campaign Wednesday. The campaign seeks to tie Democratic gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Jack Conway to incumbent President Barack Obama. “Jack Conway’s vision for Kentucky is President Obama’s vision – fewer jobs, higher taxes and more regulations,” said RGA Communications Director Jon Thompson in a press... Read more
The Main Building of the University of Kentucky. Seven years after giving $1 million to the University of Louisville, BB&T Bank is donating more than double that amount to the University of Kentucky. A $500,000 slice of the $2.5 million grant, first reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader, would create — and fund for four years — the new BB&T Program for the Study of Capitalism in UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics. The other $2 million would go toward the $65 million renovation of the business school. According to its statement of purpose, the UK capitalism program will help students “gain deep, [...]
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Louisville’s Flood Mitigation Workgroup met its 30-day deadline and finalized recommendations Thursday for what to with some homes that sustained serious flood damage during rain events this past spring. Following news that some homeowners in Louisville were left homeless because of a rule they never knew about, Mayor Greg Fischer appointed the workgroup to address the issue. “I believe that it does demonstrate that when there is a need that involves public health and safety that we as a community can come together and be able to develop a set of recommendations and a plan that we can implement to be able [...]
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Wife of former state Rep. Keith Hall can't testify against him in upcoming bribery trial, judge rules
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
A judge on Thursday ruled that the estranged wife of former state Rep. W. Keith Hall cannot testify about their marital conversations at his bribery trial, set to begin June…Click to Continue » [...]
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Decision in Kentucky and Other States’ Lawsuit Over EPA Carbon Regulations Could Be Imminent
from Erica Peterson
from Erica Peterson
A lawsuit filed by Kentucky and several other states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan could be decided “any day now.” Chief Deputy Attorney General Sean Riley briefed a legislative committee on the lawsuit Thursday. The lawsuit argues that with the Clean Power Plan, the EPA is exceeding its authority under the law. The law—expected to be finalized this summer—will set state-specific goals for carbon dioxide reductions. Riley said the three judge panel hearing the oral arguments in April seemed to agree with the states on the technical merits of their argument: that the sections of the Clean Air Act the [...]
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Social Security disability payments restored for hundreds in Eastern Kentucky facing eligibility review
from bestep@herald-leader.com (Bill Estep)
from bestep@herald-leader.com (Bill Estep)
The federal government will restore Social Security disability payments to hundreds of people in Eastern Kentucky whose checks were suspended pending a review of their eligibility, easing fears of economic…Click to Continue » [...]
Thu, Jun 04, 2015 6:39:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky lawmakers form panel to search for new director of troubled Legislative Research Commission
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
Kentucky legislative leaders formed a six-member search committee Wednesday to look for a new director of the troubled Legislative Research Commission, saying they hope to hire a new leader by…Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 10:29:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Stumbo open to tolls and naming Mountain Parkway extension to West Virgina after McConnell
from Jack Brammer
from Jack Brammer
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT -- House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Wednesday he has not ruled out the use of tolls to build a 140-mile extension of the Mountain Parkway from Prestonsburg to Beckley, W. Va.. Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, also offered to sponsor a bill to name the completed road after U.S.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Louisville if he provided funding for it. The project is estimated to cost between $8 billion and $10 billion. If there is support for the project in Washington, Stumbo said, he would ask Kentucky’s 2016 General Assembly that starts in January for “some money” for it. Stumbo made public his [...]
Wed, Jun 03, 2015 8:38:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU FRANKFORT -- Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is joining four other secretaries of state on an economic development trip to China. The trip, which started May 30 and runs through June 7, is being coordinated and completely funded by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Grimes said in a release that she is working to advance Kentucky’s economic development efforts by providing information about Kentucky, its business climate and economic development opportunities in the state. The American delegation will spend time in several cities in China and meet with various government and business officials. “Since taking [...]
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