(The Center Square) – A college in Louisville has placed an instructor on unpaid leave after posting on social media he wished the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump succeeded.
“If you’re gonna shoot, man, don’t miss,” John... Read more
(The Center Square) – U.S. House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., wants the U.S. Secret Service director to appear for a hearing before Congress after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Comer posted... Read more
(The Center Square) – Kentucky once again had a banner year for tax collections as the state’s General Fund received $15.57 billion in revenue for the 2024 fiscal year, which ended on June 30.
In a release Thursday, the... Read more
(The Center Square) – For the first time in a decade, Kentucky is not seeing more money leaving the state than arriving.
That’s according to migration data for 2022 reported by the Internal Revenue Service.
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(The Center Square) – Two Kentucky energy providers say they plan to use federal funding to continue studying whether there are sites in the state that could be suitable for nuclear power generation.
In a news release, PPL Corp.,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman wants to block a new Biden Administration rule that would require automakers to drastically increase the fuel efficiency in their passenger vehicles and light trucks.
It’s a move Coleman claims... Read more
(The Center Square) – Congresswoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina considered the panel question and delivered, as often she does, a bottom-line answer for Title IX at passage 52 years ago and today.
The Republican noted the president was... Read more
(The Center Square) – The Bluegrass State needs a lot of outside help to prosper. That’s the key finding of a study released recently ranking states on their self-reliance.
WalletHub ranked Kentucky 49th in its report on the Most... Read more
(The Center Square) – Last summer, the Kentucky General Assembly established a task force to examine the state’s Certificate of Need law to determine if any changes need to be made to the policy that regulates health care in the Bluegrass State.
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(The Center Square) – More people continue to enter the workforce in Kentucky.
However, data released Thursday by a state agency shows the unemployment rate for May remained unchanged from April and higher than it was a year ago.
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(The Center Square) – Several U.S. oil and corn industry lobby groups are suing the Biden Administration over its plans to slash planet-warming tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks. The coalition argues the regulations will cause economic harm.
The... Read more
(The Center Square) – A Kentucky federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul on Kentucky.
The injunction comes in a case filed by Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia and comes... Read more
(The Center Square) – The latest annual report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds Kentucky children are in many ways worse off than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In its KIDS COUNT Data Book, the... Read more
(The Center Square) – Clark Mica understands not many people think about the way commercial explosives have helped transform the country. However, the president of the Institute of Makers of Explosives hopes a recent study will shine the light on an industry that’s essential to construction and mining.
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(The Center Square) – Tennessee is atop the list and Kentucky is third in excise rate per gallon of beer, according to data compiled by the Tax Foundation.
Tennessee beer is taxed $1.29 per gallon while Kentucky is charged... Read more
(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from multiple states for years have been petitioning courts and suing to block federal agency rules from going into effect, arguing the agencies promulgating them are exceeding their statutory authority. The latest petition makes a similar argument about a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of the... Read more
(The Center Square) – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman argued for an injunction against the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul in Kentucky federal court.
The two states are joined by Indiana, Ohio, Virginia... Read more
(The Center Square) – When the $3.6 billion, 8-mile Brent Spence Bridge corridor project is complete by 2029, the area connecting Cincinnati to Kentucky will look significantly different.
Construction is expected to begin later this year.
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(The Center Square) – While demand for electricity is set to significantly increase by 2040, planning is not in place to increase electricity production to meet those estimates, according to a new report from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid related to PJM Interconnection.
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Kentucky Changers have been hard at work in Maysville this week, rounding out their third and final project for the summer.
Maysville City Commissions has repealed an alcohol set in place a few weeks ago.
Several community members shared concerns about a recently passed alcohol fee to Maysville City Commissions, leading to the decision to possibly repeal the ordinance.
The City of Maysville recently approved an increase to the occupational license tax.
