Gov.-elect Bevin says Election Day results "a cry for help" from Kentuckians as GOP celebrates wins, looks ahead to 2016
11/14/2015 06:40 PM
With 106 of the state’s 120 counties in his column, Republican Gov.-elect Matt Bevin said the state’s electoral map last week represented “a cry for help from the people of Kentucky” during his remarks to the Republican Party of Kentucky’s state central committee on Saturday. The meeting of top GOP officials doubled as a rallying cry ahead of next year’s legislative races, with Republicans vying for control of the state’s House of Representatives for the first time since 1921. The celebratory... Read more 
His health initiatives in the political crosshairs, Gov. Beshear defends kynect, Medicaid expansion
11/14/2015 09:53 AM
Gov. Steve Beshear gave a forceful defense of federal health programs he enacted during his final term in office, urging Gov.-elect Matt Bevin, who campaigned aggressively on scrapping the state-based exchange kynect and altering expanded Medicaid, to reconsider his position on Friday. Beshear mentioned Bevin by name repeatedly during a Capitol news conference highlighting recent health progress in the state, pointing to statistics showing increased health coverage and economic activities in his appeal to the Republican. “During election season the political rhetoric... Read more
Dakota Meyer named grand marshal of Gov.-elect Matt Bevin's inaugural parade
11/13/2015 02:17 PM
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer will serve as grand marshal of Gov.-elect Matt Bevin’s Inaugural Parade, Bevin’s team announced on Friday. Meyer is one of only three living recipients of the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest decoration. On Sept. 8, 2009, the then-21-year-old Meyer is credited with saving 36 Marines from Taliban forces. “It is truly an honor to have Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Dakota Meyer to serve as our Grand Marshall,” Bevin said in... Read more
Craft breweries want to increase production cap as demand increases
11/13/2015 01:39 PM
FRANKFORT – Kentucky’s small craft breweries, which have seen a 600 percent growth rate in the number of breweries in the past five years, want state lawmakers to make changes to double the current production cap. Currently production for craft brewers is capped at 25,000 barrels, and producers would like to see that increased to 50,000 barrels. In 2004, Kentucky had only five craft breweries which produced 14,849 barrels of beer. By 2009, the number had risen to 33, with three pending... Read more
Ag. Commish-elect Ryan Quarles announces lawmakers on transition team; looks ahead at term
11/13/2015 10:20 AM
With a nearly 200,000 vote win on Election Day Agriculture Commissioner-elect Ryan Quarles becomes the youngest statewide elected official in the United States, and he says he’s ready to hit the ground running. Quarles, who served three terms in the state House of Representatives, says he will follow in the footsteps of outgoing Commissioner James Comer and Billy Ray Smith in how he runs the department. The 32 year-old, Quarles says his generation demands a focus on transparent, efficient and... Read more
Increase in stipends from training funds for law enforcement, firefighters backed by Brown, others
11/12/2015 07:45 PM
FRANKFORT — The outgoing secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet offered his support for higher incentive pay for law enforcement officers Thursday as lawmakers approved a study of police and firefighter program funds. The Program Review and Investigations Committee heard the results of a study on the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund and Kentucky Firefighter Foundation Program Fund, which pay police and firefighters annual training incentive pay of $3,100 annually per officer. The plans, which are funded by a... Read more
National Guard tuition assistance program running out of cash
11/12/2015 05:37 PM
LOUISVILLE – The Kentucky Air National Guard tuition assistance program, which offers 100 percent tuition assistance to any Kentucky state-sponsored school, for any National Guard member, is running out of money. Nearly $5 million is allotted annually from the state’s general fund to pay for the program which is used to recruit candidates into the guard. However, this year, it’s projected that all of the money will be spent for fiscal year 2016. Major General Edward Tonini, The Adjutant General of the... Read more
Early next month, Toyota’s Georgetown plant will begin harnessing gas from a nearby landfill to provide some of the facility’s electricity. The project is based at the Central Kentucky Landfill, which is about seven miles from the Toyota plant. Methane — a potent greenhouse gas — is created in landfills when organic material decomposes. For the past 13 years, the Central Kentucky Landfill has released some of that gas into the atmosphere and flared off the rest. Related StorySoon, Landfill Gas Will Power Part of Toyota's Georgetown PlantNow, 90 percent of that methane gas will be run through pipes to a power generation facility [...]
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Sometime next year, a new bourbon distillery will open at the site of the former Old Taylor Distillery near Frankfort. Leading the project is master distiller Marianne Barnes, the first woman to hold the title in modern times. The forthcoming distillery is backed by Will Arvin and Wesley Murry, who asked Barnes to partner with them. The distillery would breathe new life into an abandoned 130-acre property that was once a grand showplace for historic distiller Col. Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. For Barnes, a chemical engineer, the journey to being part of a distillery as it’s built from the ground up has been [...]
Mon, Nov 16, 2015 12:03:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Louisville Metro Council members are questioning whether local anti-discrimination laws should apply to property lessors using services such as Airbnb. The council’s public safety committee is hashing out details of an ordinance that would regulate short-term rentals, such as those featured on the popular site. At a committee meeting last week, Councilwoman Julie Denton, a District 19 Republican, said people making their homes available as short-term rentals “should have the ability to say who stays there.” But other council members say the provision Denton is proposing could open the potential for discrimination based on race or sexual orientation. She added that in a “perfect world,” short-term [...]
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Kentucky counties with highest Medicaid rates backed Matt Bevin, who plans to cut Medicaid
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
The 66 percent of Owsley County that gets health coverage through Medicaid now must reconcile itself with the 70 percent that voted for Republican Governor-elect Matt Bevin, who pledged to…Click to Continue » [...]
Sun, Nov 15, 2015 12:04:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
The Latest from the Florida Republican Party's Sunshine Summit, where the major GOP presidential hopefuls are wooing voters and activists for their support in the state's March 15 primary. All…Click to Continue » [...]
Sat, Nov 14, 2015 5:17:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to have a fundraiser in Louisville next week.Click to Continue » [...]
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