Latest Kentucky Headlines
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Kentucky Lawmakers May Override Governor’s Veto of Religious Rights Bill
Mar 26 2013 // Gov. Steve Beshear has vetoed a bill that was intended to provide stronger protections of religious rights in Kentucky, setting the stage for a potential override before the legislative session draws to a close early next...
Christian Health Insurer, Pension Liability Top Kentucky Legislature’s Closing Days
Mar 25 2013 // Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with two days remaining to pass legislation intended to shore up Kentucky’s pension plans for state and local government retirees. Restoring solvency to the pension system,...
Kentucky Supreme Court Disbars ‘Godfather’ of Class Actions
Mar 22 2013 // An Ohio attorney known as the godfather of the modern class-action lawsuit was disbarred Thursday by the Kentucky Supreme Court, which cited Stanley Chesley’s actions in a $200 million settlement involving the makers...
DUI Case Puts Spotlight on Kentucky State Police Lab Tests
Mar 22 2013 // The Jefferson County Attorney’s Office says a judge’s decision to acquit a Louisville woman of an impaired driving charge shows the shortcomings of Kentucky State Police lab tests. The Courier-Journal reported...
Kentucky Judges Dismiss Texting While Driving Charges
Mar 12 2013 // Jefferson County, Kentucky judges have dismissed nearly 40 percent of the texting while driving charges brought under the state’s two-year-old ban while police and prosecutors say the ban is nearly impossible to...
Kentucky Panel Revives Christian Health Bill, Confirms Clark as Commissioner
Mar 11 2013 // A Christians-only health care ministry would be allowed to resume operating in Kentucky under a measure that had been languishing in the Legislature only to be revived by a House committee last week. The House Banking and...
Kentucky School Insurance Trust Paid Royalties Prior to Failing
Mar 11 2013 // The Kentucky School Board Insurance Trust paid millions in royalties to the Kentucky School Boards Association over several years before announcing last month that it would disband due to financial woes, the Lexington...
From Rubble to Renewal: Kentucky Town Responds to Last Year’s Tornado
Mar 5 2013 // Tax preparer Betty Helton no longer meets her customers at a park bench in this tornado-ravaged Appalachian town. Hungry customers are back ordering burgers and shakes at Freezer Fresh. A bank moved out of a grocery store...
Kentucky Sheriff to Patrol Homes While Owners Away
Feb 26 2013 // The Laurel County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Office has begun a program to patrol homes where owners are away. WYMT-TV in Hazard reported the agency has invited people who will be away from their homes to notify the...
Kentucky School Insurance Trust Paid Royalties Prior to Failing
Feb 21 2013 // A published report says the Kentucky School Board Insurance Trust paid millions in royalties to the Kentucky School Boards Association over several years before announcing last month that it would disband due to financial...
Kentucky Develops Own Health Exchange
Feb 19 2013 // Federal health care reforms have led to the creation of a government agency in Kentucky that will be comparable in staffing to the secretary of state’s office with 30 employees but that has scores of contract workers...
Christians-Only Medi-Share Could Be Back in Business in Kentucky
Feb 14 2013 // A Christians-only health care ministry that was forced out of Kentucky last year could be invited back under legislation that cleared its first legislative hurdle this week. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted...
Probe Finds Faulty Upkeep at Kentucky Plant Hit by Furnace Blast
Feb 8 2013 // A federal agency looking into a deadly chemical plant explosion and fire in Louisville says crucial maintenance was deferred on an electric furnace that blew up. It says similar but smaller incidents had been ignored at...
Kentucky Coal Company Sues Worker Who Filed Safety Complaints
Feb 1 2013 // The federal agency that oversees mine safety claims a western Kentucky coal company broke the law by filing a lawsuit against a former worker who complained about unsafe working conditions. Using a federal law designed to...
Kentucky AG Conway Touts Progress in Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse
Jan 17 2013 // Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation this week. Conway briefed the National Governor’s Association...
Closing of Kentucky Trust to Leave 174 School Districts In Need of Insurance
Jan 16 2013 // The financially troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust will disband, forcing school districts to search for new providers of workers compensation, property and liability insurance policies. The closure means...
Kentucky Case Seeks to Hold Oxycontin Makers Accountable
Jan 15 2013 // Oxycontin has become so pervasive in eastern Kentucky the drug was dubbed “Heroin of the Hills.” Now, after years of struggling to combat the abuse of the narcotic, Kentucky officials are getting a chance to...
Kentucky Self-Insured Contractors Fund to Pay $16.5M Dividend
Jan 9 2013 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’ Fund said it will return $16.5 million in dividends to its members in March. This disbursement is the largest in workers’ compensation fund’s...
Kentucky Highway Death Toll Up from 2011
Jan 2 2013 // Kentucky’s highway death toll in 2012 was running slightly ahead of last year’s pace and the state’s top transportation official this week promised continued efforts in the next year to promote safe...
Kentucky Miner Who Reported Safety Violations Faces Discipline
Dec 20 2012 // The Office of Mine Safety and Licensing is asking that an eastern Kentucky miner who reported safety violations be put on probation because he worked in unsafe conditions. Mackie Bailey faces a hearing in February with the...
