Budget negotiations hit a wall as lawmakers leave table without a deal
04/11/2016 01:20 AM
FRANKFORT — About an hour after telling reporters that he expected talks to continue for several hours late Sunday, Senate President Robert Stivers and other members of the budget conference committee abruptly left the negotiating table. Stivers, R-Manchester, did not answer questions as he exited the Capitol Annex meeting around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. House Speaker Greg Stumbo and other House Democratic leaders left through another exit and did not address the media. Senate Minority Floor Leader Ray Jones, D-Pikeville, said lawmakers on... Read more 
Clinton plans on campaigning in Kentucky, Trump could cost the GOP Congress, Yarmuth says
04/10/2016 03:15 PM
The presidential nominating contests are rolling on, but for one Kentucky Congressman both Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and Republican front-runner Donald Trump could cause varying degrees of damage to their respective parties. U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth is looking on to see which way the American people swing in their hope for a functioning government. The Louisville Democrat sees the uptick in outsider politicians as a symptom of Americans’ frustrations with government. “There’s just a restlessness out there, a sense that... Read more
Newly naturalized U.S. citizens urged to register, vote by Sec. of State Grimes and others
04/09/2016 02:03 PM
LOUISVILLE — After listening to speaker after speaker imploring them to participate in the electoral process on Friday, the prospects of celebratory cake and punch at a nearby reception weren’t enough to keep some of the 99 newly naturalized U.S. citizens from flocking to a table where they could register to vote. Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes was among those who stressed the importance of elections during a naturalization ceremony at the National Society of the Sons of the... Read more
Gov. Bevin vetoes biennial revenue bill, parts of judicial branch budget
04/08/2016 09:03 PM
Gov. Matt Bevin has vetoed all or part of two budget bills that drew complaints from Senate Republicans, who said they could not amend the bills because the House delayed in sending the biennial budget across the Capitol. On Friday, Bevin vetoed the biennial revenue bill, House Bill 423, in its entirety and line-item vetoed sections of the judicial branch’s two-year budget, House Bill 306, that would have directed $2.1 million to pay raises for circuit clerks and $23.5 million in... Read more
Budget impasse continues as House Democrats offer 2 percent cuts for higher ed while presidents say they can handle 4.5 percent
04/08/2016 07:06 PM
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have proposed 2 percent cuts for postsecondary institutions during the biennium as lawmakers continue to haggle over a two-year budget. Budget talks had stalled ahead of the veto break, with Democrats hoping to shield education programs like higher education from Gov. Matt Bevin’s suggested 9 percent spending cuts over the biennium while Senate Republicans wanted those dollars to help pump more money into the state’s beleaguered public pension systems. House Democrats, who released a joint... Read more
Environmental PAC endorses Sellus Wilder in Democratic U.S. Senate primary
04/08/2016 04:19 PM
An out-of-state environmental political action committee is throwing support to an underdog candidate in the crowded Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Climate Hawks Vote PAC, a group registered in Agoura Hills, Calif., according to Federal Election Commission records, announced their backing of Sellus Wilder on Friday. In a blog post, the group said it is “delighted to endorse a remarkably honest progressive who sees the irreversible decline of the coal industry — in Kentucky.” “Wilder is no Alison Grimes, the Democrat who... Read more
Despite the fact that federal carbon reduction rules have been put on hold, a Kentucky group is moving ahead with discussions about how the state should reduce its emissions. The Clean Power Plan was stayed by the Supreme Court earlier this year, while multiple states — including Kentucky — challenge the rule in court. The regulation sets out carbon dioxide reduction goals for each state, and gives states the option of crafting their own plans to meet those goals. Kentuckians for the Commonwealth announced last year that it would build a state plan for Kentucky by crowdsourcing ideas. At the time, there was a [...]
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Finally, the days are numbered for the crumbling house next door to George Palmer’s. A yellow slip of paper pinned to the weathered plywood that covers the front door serves as its death notice. Delivered by staffers in the city’s code enforcement and vacant property departments, it deems the house unfit for human use. After decades, the scar on Palmer’s street in Shawnee is up for demolition. Seeing the house hauled away in pieces will be a welcome sight for Palmer. It’s a stark contrast to his own home, where appearances are a point of pride. The peeling paint and rusted gutters next door clash with his trimmed shrubs [...]
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After hours of negotiations on Sunday, state lawmakers once again failed to agree on a budget, halting their meeting abruptly at about 11:30 p.m. The failure raises doubts about whether the House and Senate can agree on a budget by the end of this year’s General Assembly on Tuesday. Lawmakers will likely have to adjust the legislative calendar to approve a budget bill before the legislature is scheduled to disband for the year. “It appears to be at a complete stalemate,” said Senate Minority Floor Leader Ray Jones, a Democrat from Pikeville. Lawmakers had planned to come to an agreement on Sunday to have a budget bill ready for [...]
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