With the Kentucky Supreme Court agreeing to a fast-track appeal of Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s ruling that Senate Bill 151 passed in the closing days of this year’s legislative session was unconstitutional, pension reform will again be front and center as we head into the fall election season. Recognizing that the past holds important…… more »
Want to get rich working for the state? Better learn how to teach really tall college students what to do with a basketball. Not good at sports? Learn brain surgery. Or run the whole hospital. A Courier Journal analysis of Kentucky’s $7.3 billion annual payroll shows the best-paid public employees are university coaches and top-flight…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Following a lengthy meeting, the State Board of Elections unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday supporting Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes against allegations made by board Executive Director Jared Dearing, a fellow Democrat. His complaint, contained in a nine-page letter to members of the Board of Elections, alleged Grimes ordered…… more »
How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school? We should know. But we don’t. This spring the U.S. Education Department reported that in the 2015-2016 school year, “nearly 240 schools … reported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting.” The number is far higher than most other estimates.…… more »
Years before a 24-year-old Columbia man allegedly unleashed a deadly barrage of gunfire at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., the parents of David Katzhad been desperate to find some treatment for their son’s troubling behavior. They had tried psychiatric care in Towson and Rockville, enrolled him in public and private schools, and even sent…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s elections board was jolted Monday by accusations from its executive director, who accused Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes of overreaching her authority as the state’s elections chief and called for an ethics investigation of her actions. The board’s executive director, Jared Dearing, said in a blistering, nine-page letter that…… more »
CHICAGO — The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to significantly curtail the power of superdelegates and make presidential caucuses more accessible, overcoming objections from a vocal minority of its membership. The reform package, pushed by DNC Chairman Tom Perez and allies of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, among others, passed overwhelmingly by voice vote at the DNC’s summer meeting…… more »
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin says he will run for re-election in 2019, ending months of speculation as he has faced growing protests from public workers and teachers about his rhetoric and policies. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin holds up a certificate making White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders an honorary…… more »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Taking aim at a potential primary rival, Kentucky House Democratic leader Rocky Adkins on Thursday urged Andy Beshear and any other 2019 candidates to temporarily halt their own fundraising so the party can concentrate resources on this year’s legislative campaigns. Adkins said his request applied to all Democratic hopefuls for statewide…… more »
I’ve seen a lot of concerned and angry responses in social media to yesterday’s decision by the Education Professionals Standards Board (EPSB) to drop the long-standing requirement that Kentucky teachers earn a master’s degree (or equivalent) by their tenth year of service. There seems to be some confusion and misinformation about this change, where it…… more »
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