Senate Republicans To Choose Leaders Tuesday
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Republican state senators are expected to choose their chamber's next president in a meeting Tuesday in Frankfort
View ArticleStumbo Pegs Higher Ed Funding To UPike Status
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- House Speaker Greg Stumbo says he won't support an increase in higher education funding until the University of Pikeville is a state school.
View ArticleState Fields Thousands Of Calls About Tax Amnesty
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Department of Revenue has fielded up to 1,000 calls a day in the final week of Kentucky's amnesty offer to delinquent taxpayers.
View ArticleComplaint Filed Against Teacher For Sharing Political Beliefs
LONDON, Ky. -- A parent has filed an ethical complaint against a teacher who allegedly wrote a condescending remark about Democrats on her classroom whiteboard.
View ArticleStivers Gets Nod As Next President Of GOP-Controlled State Senate
FRANKFORT, Ky.-- Senate Republicans selected a mountain politician to be their top leader on Tuesday in a move that ensures Kentucky's Appalachian region remains well-represented in the Legislature.
View ArticleLouisville To Join Atlantic Coast Conference
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its presidents and chancellors have unanimously voted to add Louisville as the replacement for Maryland.
View ArticleStumbo Says Gambling Bill Can Start In The House
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- House Speaker Greg Stumbo is no longer demanding that any legislation calling for a constitutional amendment to legalize gambling in Kentucky start in the Senate.
View ArticleHouse Dems To Make Tax Districts Top Legislative Priority
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Holding accountable more than 1,200 special taxing districts that spend some $2.7 billion a year will be a top legislative priority when lawmakers convene just over a month from now.
View ArticleBeshear Expects Good Relationship With Senate
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Plagued by strained relations with the former Republican leader of the state senate, Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear said Friday he expects a better rapport now that a new GOP leader is...
View ArticleThompson Unlikely Hero In UK Women's Victory Over U Of L
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Janee Thompson scored all 13 of her points in the second half, including a 3-pointer with 8.4 seconds left, to lift No. 9 Kentucky to a 48-47 comeback victory over No. 6 Louisville...
View ArticlePhillips Takes Position With Florida Gators
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- It didn't take Joker Phillips long to find another job. The former Kentucky head coach landed at No. 4 Florida on Monday, joining the Gators as receivers coach and recruiting...
View ArticlePaul Amendment Could Up Kentucky's Census Count
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has gotten initial approval for a measure that would ensure thousands of military personnel serving overseas get counted in the next census at the bases from which they...
View ArticleBeshear Rules Himself Out As McConnell Challenger
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear ruled himself out Wednesday as a potential challenger to Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the political powerhouse who comes up for re-election in...
View ArticleTax Reform Commission Targets $700 Million In Savings
FRANKFORT, Ky. - After a nearly year-long review, Kentucky's Commission onTax Reform has approved recommendations that could generate nearly $700 milliona year.
View ArticleAfter 42 Years Ichthus Ends Ministry
WILMORE, Ky. -- Organizers behind the Ichthus Music Festival based in central Kentucky, one of the oldest Christian music festivals, say they are ending its run after 42 years due to financial...
View ArticleSchool Buses Involved in Hundreds of Incidents Yearly
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Records show that the Kentucky's 10,000 school buses are involved in hundreds of incidents each year, ranging from major wrecks to simple scrapes with a mailbox. An Associated Press...
View ArticleTax Amnesty Getting Credit For Pushing Up Revenue
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- An offer of tax amnesty in Kentucky was a factor in a significant rise in General Fund revenue in November, the state's budget chief said Monday.Budget director Mary Lassiter said...
View ArticleOwensboro Man To Seek Democratic Senate Nomination
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Owensboro homebuilder Ed Marksberry has announced that he intends to seek the Democratic nomination to run for U.S. Senate in 2014.It would be Marksberry's second run for a seat among...
View ArticleRegulation Bans New Forms Of Synthetic Marijuana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has stepped up the fight against synthetic drugs by signing emergency regulations banning newly identified forms of synthetic marijuana.Beshear's action...
View ArticleNeal Brown Plans Up-Tempo Offense For Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Neal Brown plans to bring the `Air Raid' offense to Kentucky. He said it won't take long to install the up-tempo, passing attack, that it can be done quickly. The Wildcats new...
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