Beshear announced two of his eleven cabinet secretaries on Monday: former Lexington Mayor Jim Gray will serve as Transportation Cabinet secretary and Lt. Gov.-elect Jacqueline Coleman will be the next secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Independent pharmacies in Kentucky and around the nation have said for years that the payment practices of pharmacy benefit managers, or PMBs, are so bad that they threaten their survival.
The leader of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet would instead be selected by members of influential lobbying groups — the Kentucky Association of Counties, the Kentucky League of Cities and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
Bevin also issued pardons to 15 other people, including three women who were victims of domestic violence and who were convicted in the deaths of their abusers.
Lawmakers approved a $50 million dollar bond issue for the campaign during the 2019 General Assembly. Most of Kentucky’s 17 resorts and 45 parks were built about 50 years ago.
Tilley, a Democrat, was instrumental in getting syringe-exchange programs in a big anti-heroin bill when he was chair of the state House Judiciary Committee. Late in the year, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin named him justice secretary. He has often been mentioned as a possible holdover with Democratic Gov.-elect Andy Beshear.
Officials began trapping feral hogs in 2014, but they couldn't keep up with the hogs' rapid reproduction rate; they can have two litters a year with five to 10 piglets, which will themselves be ready to breed in less than a year.
