National Guard tuition assistance program extended as cash runs out for members
12/15/2015 10:59 AM
Gov. Matt Bevin and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Chris McDaniel have come up with a short term solution to make sure Kentucky Guard members will be allowed to enroll in classes for the spring semester. A shortfall in the National Guard tuition assistance program, which offers 100 percent tuition assistance to any Kentucky state-sponsored school, for any guard member, was first reported by Pure Politics in early November. The assistance program has become cash strapped as many guard members have... Read more 
Gov. Bevin appoints dept. of revenue commissioner, public protection cabinet secretary
12/14/2015 05:05 PM
Gov. Matt Bevin continues to round out posts in state government after nearly a week in office with the appointment of a new revenue commissioner and a public protection cabinet secretary. On Monday, Bevin appointed David Dickerson of Glasgow as secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet. Dickerson served as Barren County Judge Executive from 1994-1999, according to a press release. “David has the character and commitment I am looking for as I continue to fill key positions in this administration,” Bevin... Read more
Richie Farmer, the former Kentucky Wildcats basketball star and state agriculture commissioner, is set to be released from a federal prison. Farmer’s father told WLEX-TV that he’ll be released from the facility in West Virginia on Friday and will be taken to a halfway house in Lexington. In 2013, federal prosecutors accused Farmer of misusing state funds and using his elected position for personal gain. He pleaded guilty the next year and was sentenced in 2014 to 27 months in prison. Farmer was a high school basketball star who was a key player for the Kentucky Wildcats in 1992 during one of [...]
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The political atmosphere has shifted considerably since the last Republican presidential debate a month ago, creating a different dynamic ahead of Tuesday evening’s GOP face-off in Las Vegas. Last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris have reignited a debate over national security, foreign policy and the appropriate U.S. response. Shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., this month have renewed worries about terrorist sympathizers inside the country. The most controversial reaction to the attacks and the role ISIS may have played has been Donald Trump’s proposal to halt all Muslims trying to come into the U.S. for any reason. Many of his rivals have forcefully [...]
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A state senator wants to create a yearly tax on electric car owners in Kentucky, saying it’s unfair that owners of conventional gas-powered cars have to pay fuel taxes but electric car owners don’t. “If you’re using our highways, if you’re using our roads out there, you ought to help pay for them,” said state Sen. Joe Bowen, an Owensboro Republican, during a committee hearing earlier this month. Bowen said his proposed tax would be $100 and apply only to owners of plug-in electric vehicles. “Currently, you have a situation where there’s an exempt class, and that is those folks who drive a vehicle that [...]
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