Lontime Rep. Bob DeWeese will retire after 2016 session
12/09/2015 10:30 AM
A staple of the Kentucky legislature, Rep. Bob DeWeese, R-Louisville, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2016. In a lengthy statement sent to the media on Wednesday, Deweese said since his first term in 1993 he’s watched as the GOP have grown their membership from 29 to 47 members. “During my 22 years in office, I’ve had the pleasure of working with a number of men and women, both Republican and Democrat, on issues of great importance not... Read more 
Gov. Bevin lays out bevy of policy initiatives in inaugural address
12/08/2015 10:40 PM
FRANKFORT — Echoing Kentucky’s motto in his inaugural address, Gov. Matt Bevin asked Kentuckians to come together to address challenges that face the commonwealth, but what Bevin will likely face when trying to address those challenges is a major philosophical divide on how the legislature will move forward on two key areas of education and healthcare. In the speech, Bevin promised to stand by his Blueprint for a Better Kentucky policy platform delivered during the campaign. Public pensions The incoming governor... Read more
Kentucky military veterans hope Gov. Bevin will be a champion for veterans issues
12/08/2015 08:20 PM
FRANKFORT – The plight of veterans was front and center on Tuesday as approximately 250 Kentucky military veterans took part in Inaugural Day festivities in Frankfort. Both new Governor Matt Bevin and Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton are veterans, while the Grand Marshal of Inaugural Day parade was Kentuckian Sgt. Dakota Meyer who is a Medal of Honor recipient. Randall McComas, state commander of the Kentucky Veterans of Foreign Wars, was appreciative of the fact that Bevin put Kentucky veterans in the forefront... Read more
The Louisville Free Public Library is hosting two astronomers this evening, one of whom died in the Civil War and the other a stargazer for the Vatican. Wednesday’s “Beneath the Same Sky” will include a portrayal of General Ormsby Mitchel, who was born in Kentucky in 1810 and was the founder of the Cincinnati Observatory. Mitchel was a West Point graduate who became a popular lecturer. He also published the first monthly magazine in America devoted to astronomy. Mitchel led a division in Ohio during the Civil War and rose to the rank of general. Tony Dingman, a teaching artist with the [...]
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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s pick to lead the state Energy and Environment Cabinet was praised Tuesday by a Lexington mining engineer, and one of Kentucky’s most prominent environmental attorneys was cautiously hopeful. Charles Snavely, a mining engineer and a former coal executive, was announced Monday as the next secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet. Most recently, Snavely was the president of eastern U.S. operations for Arch Coal. Before that, he worked for International Coal Group, and was a vice president with that company when a dozen miners were killed in the Sago Mine in West Virginia. Federal inspectors determined a lightning strike [...]
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The issue of whether a green energy company from Indiana will be able to build a methane plant in West Louisville still isn’t settled. One thing is for certain: More discussion will be involved before a determination is made on the proposed project. STAR BioEnergy wants to turn food waste from the Heaven Hill distillery into methane gas using biodigesters, but neighbors aren’t happy about it. Following a lengthy debate Monday evening, which stretched into early Tuesday morning, the Louisville Board of Zoning Adjustment said it wants to give everyone more time — mostly because there have been some changes to the plan. Steve Porter, an [...]
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