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Bevin, Beshear Campaigns Well-Funded for Fall
Saturday, September 14, 2019 3:48 PM
The bitter competition between Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic challenger Andy Beshear spread to the size of their campaign bank accounts Friday. Both sides offered glimpses into their fundraising performances as the governor's race heads toward the pivotal final weeks before their Nov. 5 election showdown. Their detailed financial reports had not yet been released Friday by ...
Results Don’t Add up for Obscure Math Committee
Sunday, September 15, 2019 9:30 AM
Perhaps President Ronald Reagan was thinking about America's huge education bureaucracy when he said: "Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth." Heaven help any political leader in Kentucky who attempts to shrink the bureaucracy or at least make it more responsive – even if the ...
US Senate Advances $382 Million For Local Projects
Friday, September 13, 2019 7:15 PM
On Thursday, Senator Mitch McConnell's office announced that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved an energy security and water infrastructure bill which includes federal funding for various projects within Kentucky.  The bill will provide continuing resources for several Kentucky energy, water infrastructure, and economic development programs, including: -- $314 ...
KY Drug Courts Failing to Keep Up with Needs
Friday, September 13, 2019 9:15 AM
Kentucky's drug court program has failed to keep up with surging demand for its treatment services in a state grappling with addiction woes, the state's chief justice said Friday while signaling that he'll seek funding to expand the services. Testifying before a state legislative committee, Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. said drug courts and similar specialty courts are serving fewer than ...
Jury Convicts Lundergan of Breaking Federal Law
Thursday, September 12, 2019 5:20 PM
The father of Kentucky's secretary of state was convicted Thursday of orchestrating a scheme to funnel illegal contributions to his daughter's failed 2014 U.S. Senate campaign against Republican Mitch McConnell. A jury deliberated about two hours following a monthlong trial on charges that Democratic stalwart Jerry Lundergan broke federal law by directing more than $200,000 in illegal ...
Bevin Announces New Victims Assistance Program
Thursday, September 12, 2019 11:20 AM
Gov. Bevin joined with the Kentucky State Police, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the federal Office of Justice Programs, with the Department of Justice to announce a new initiative that will provide trained advocates at every KSP post to support and assist victims of crime.  The program which is being called the Victim Advocate Support Services, will launch this fall ...
Kentucky Candidates Focus on Abortion, Gambling
Thursday, September 12, 2019 10:54 AM
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic challenger Andy Beshear have returned to familiar themes — abortion and gambling — as they compete to set the tone of their campaign. Beshear on Thursday doubled down on his support for expanded gambling as neighboring Indiana starts allowing sports betting — a venture that could siphon more money from the bluegrass state. Beshear, ...
KSP Announce Victim Advocacy Initiative
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 6:25 AM
Officials with Kentucky State Police say a new Victim Advocacy Program will provide needed support for crime victims. A statement from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet says details of the statewide initiative are being announced Thursday at the Kentucky State Police post in Elizabethtown. Officials say 16 advocates are being hired and trained to assist crime victims and those involved with ...
Rand Paul's Attacker to be Resentenced
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 2:00 PM
A federal appeals court on Monday vacated what it called a "well-below-guidelines" prison sentence for the man who tackled U.S. Sen. Rand Paul outside his Kentucky home, ordering a resentencing for the attack that broke the lawmaker's ribs. The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it found "no compelling justification" for Rene Boucher's 30-day sentence. The ...
Bevin Wins Round in Legal Battle with Hampton
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 6:29 AM
Kentucky's governor won the first round of a legal fight with his former running mate Monday as a judge turned down Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton's request to immediately reinstate her top two aides. Hampton presented a "substantial legal question" in challenging the dismissal of her assistants, said Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd, who ordered a pretrial conference for Thursday on ...
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