A fast-moving bill that could subject many rural water supplies in Kentucky to pollution may have hit a bump in the road, with a GOP chairman acknowledging “validity” of concerns.
Beshear said he’s been having conversations with Canadian officials, urging them to spare Kentucky and focus any retaliatory measures “on places and areas where people aren’t speaking up.”
Kentucky poet laureate Silas House rejected proponents' argument that the bill would allow industry to pollute only ephemeral streams, or waterways that don’t have running water year round.
A bill before the Kentucky General Assembly would exempt most non-profits, including churches, from having to collect the 6% sales tax on items such as meals and sports leagues.
The ombudsman’s job is to investigate and resolve complaints about agencies in the cabinet, including protective services for children and elderly Kentuckians.
