FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In October 2015, state officials in Kentucky signed a contract to install 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) of fiber optic cable to bring high-speed internet access to all 120 counties. Today, the project is at least four years behind schedule because of persistent delays that have cost taxpayers a projected $96 million.…… more »
Teaching can be a profoundly rewarding career, considering the critical role educators play in shaping young minds. But many teachers find themselves overworked and underpaid. Education jobs are among the lowest-paying occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree, and teacher salaries consistently fail to keep up with inflation. Meanwhile, the Every Student Succeeds Act demands growth in…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Separating the County Employees Retirement System from Kentucky Retirement Systems was debated at a meeting Monday of the Kentucky Retirement Systems Administrative Subcommittee. Representatives from the Kentucky Association of Counties, Kentucky League of Cities, Kentucky School Boards Association, Kentucky Association of School Superintendents and Kentucky Professional Firefighters, all members of CERS,…… more »
FRANKFORT After more than a year of political and legal debate that prompted teachers and state workers to swarm the Kentucky Capitol in protest, the Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday morning on the state’s controversial new public pension law. As Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear and Steve Pitt, the general counsel for Republican Gov.…… more »
BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (WBKO) — The White House has proposed again lowering the maximum number of refugees permitted into the country for fiscal year 2019, which begins October1. In 2017 the ceiling for resettlement was 100,000 refugees.The latest numbers proposed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will limit the resettlement of international refugees to 30,000…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Changes to high school graduation requirements may be approved when the Kentucky Board of Education meets early next month. While 22 credits will still be needed to earn a diploma, there will be more flexibility in those requirements. Interim Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis said in an interview with Kentucky Toady the…… more »
FRANKFORT An advisory opinion by the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission Monday could complicate a potential 2019 political campaign for Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. The advisory opinion comes in response to complaints filed after it was revealed that Grimes’ staffers in the Office of the Secretary of State have access to voter registration…… more »
Dear Senator Feinstein; I am writing with information relevant in evaluating the current nominee to the Supreme Court. As a constituent, I expect that you will maintain this as confidential until we have further opportunity to speak. Brett Kavanaugh physically and sexually assaulted me during high school in the early 1980’s. He conducted these acts…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s procurement chief said it would have cost taxpayers about $9 million in 2015 to back out of a statewide broadband network. But he said a misunderstanding of the rules governing federal education money helped convince state officials to OK the deal that has since cost taxpayers at least $88 million…… more »
Hope Brown can make $60 donating plasma from her blood cells twice in one week, and a little more if she sells some of her clothes at a consignment store. It’s usually just enough to cover an electric bill or a car payment. This financial juggling is now a part of her everyday life—something she…… more »
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