The appointments come at a critical time for Kentucky’s flagship state university in the wake of Beshear’ social media post last spring saying he was losing confidence in the leadership of UK President Eli Capilouto.
Kentucky’s tobacco industry has shrunk dramatically over the past two decades, leaving the farmers who remain to reckon with not only an economic shift, but the loss of generations of tradition and community.
Gov. Andy Beshear is redirecting $2.5 million in state housing funds to erase an estimated $250 million in medical debt for more than 130,000 Kentuckians, a move one Republican lawmaker says was not what legislators intended.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate Monday after a three-month medical absence following a fall and hospitalization, saying he is still recovering but plans to be present for key votes.
After the ordinance unanimously passed, Democratic Woodford County Judge-Executive James Kay told the fiscal court that the court “made it our clear, proactive commitment to Woodford County to keep us being one of the most special places on earth.”
Christian County is among the counties highlighted in the report. It says the Christian County Jail averaged 115 people in ICE custody, 82% classified as non-criminal, and that the jail does not identify ICE detainees on its public roster.
The key fiscal trigger in question that was not met is a requirement that General Fund receipts for the fiscal year exceed spending by the amount of funding it would take to cut the income tax rate by one percentage point.
