Big pension funding requests looming for the General Assembly in next year's budget-writing session
10/28/2015 10:28 PM
FRANKFORT — Lawmakers will be asked to shell out more money for both pension systems in the upcoming budget session. Representatives of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System presented their preliminary spending requests to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government on Wednesday. KRS Executive Director Bill Thielen — who received a more than 25 percent raise from the KRS Board of Trustees on Friday to call off his retirement, according to reports by The Courier-Journal ... Read more 
Chatter: Conway hold 5-point lead on Bevin in Bluegrass Poll; RGA drops $1M in final week
10/28/2015 09:06 PM
The last public gubernatorial survey from Bluegrass Poll partners shows Democratic candidate Jack Conway maintaining a slim lead over Republican candidate Matt Bevin. The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA on behalf of the Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT-TV, the Louisville Courier-Journal, and WHAS-TV, shows Conway leading Bevin 45 percent to 40 percent. Independent candidate Drew Curtis has dropped in polling with 6 percent of the vote, and 10 percent of the survey’s respondents were undecided. The poll survey 798 likely voters between Oct.... Read more
Matt Bevin picks up support from Ky. Pastors in Action Coalition for pro-charter school stance
10/28/2015 08:52 PM
Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin has earned the support of the Kentucky Pastors in Action Coalition for his stance on charter schools, urging a crowd of about 30 in Louisville’s West End on Wednesday to vote based on their values and not their party affiliations. Pastor Jerry Stephenson of Midwest Church of Christ pointed to failing schools in that particular area of Louisville in making the case for charter schools during a gathering at Feed the City. He said almost 2,000... Read more
Lawmakers, outside groups voice concerns over KentuckyWired; Kentucky Communications Network Authority moving forward with project
10/28/2015 07:15 PM
Kentucky is embarking on a major effort to provide high-speed Internet access across the commonwealth, but the process has some lawmakers and outside groups questioning privacy, oversight and the how the entity will operate. The project known as KentuckyWired, also referred to as an I-Way, is the brainchild of U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Gov. Steve Beshear. The end goal of the project is to create a state-owned physical fiber-optic network that will stretch 3,400 miles in a ring around the... Read more
Environmental Protection Agency representatives will be in Louisville Friday for a workshop on environmental justice designed for people on every side of the issue. Environmental justice refers to the fair treatment of everyone, regardless of race or income, on environmental issues. Historically, many environmental issues in the U.S. have disproportionately affected people of color and low-income residents. Daphne Wilson is a pollution prevention coordinator with the EPA’s Region 4. She said the workshop is customized for Kentucky and is meant for everyone from regulators to industry representatives to concerned residents. The workshop will cover the best practices for addressing environmental justice concerns, reasons [...]
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When you need to move a 24-foot-long aluminum wishbone, you call in the professionals. The Speed Art Museum is nearing the end of a massive $50 million renovation and expansion project, with the reopening several months away. While the weather is still mild, museum staff is working on the installation of several large outdoor pieces in what will become a new art park, on a slice of lawn along Third Street, near the entrance to the original 1927 building at the University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus. On a recent afternoon, sculptor Mark Handforth’s “Wishbone,” wrapped in blue tarp, was being held up by heavy chains [...]
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Frustrated by the lack of legislative oversight in the state’s struggling pension systems, two Republican lawmakers say they are introducing a bill to make the agencies more transparent. State Rep. Mike Harmon of Danville and Sen. Joe Bowen of Owensboro want to give four non-voting seats on the KRS board of trustees to members of the General Assembly and to require KRS contracts to undergo legislative review. They announced their intentions five days after the KRS board gave its executive director, Bill Thielen, a contract calling for a 25 percent raise — to $215,000 a year — over nearly three years. Harmon [...]
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Jeb Bush sought to calm anxious donors with a comeback strategy focused on taking down rival Marco Rubio. But Bush's plan backfired badly on national television in the third GOP…Click to Continue » [...]
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Celebrity businessman Donald Trump was again center stage as the Republican presidential field gathered Wednesday night for the third debate of the 2016 campaign, but for the first time, the…Click to Continue » [...]
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Ben Carson pitched a tax plan with numbers that didn't add up. Donald Trump boasted that he's paying his own way in the campaign, but he isn't. Chris Christie accused…Click to Continue » [...]
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