For the year that began in October, President Trump has capped the number of refugees who may enter the U.S. at 18,000 — the lowest level since 1980. The policy is having a significant effect in what may seem like an unlikely place: Bowling Green, Kentucky, where a disproportionate number of refugees has settled in…… more »
For a community, rapid growth is easy. Bolstered by state and federal funding, municipal bond debt financing as well as tax incentives and deferrals, cities and towns that want to induce new development have many means of doing so. With each transaction, they receive immediate fees and tax revenue, but also take on the long-term…… more »
A nationally regarded civil rights lawyer said Monday that a man who received a controversial pardon by former Gov. Matt Bevin was wrongfully convicted after misconduct by Kentucky State Police, who allegedly ignored evidence and a different suspect. Patrick Baker, who was convicted of killing a man during a home invasion in Knox County in…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. – In the hours prior to former Gov. Matt Bevin’s term ending on Monday, Bevin pardoned a Bowling Green man convicted in 2016 for the murder of Jeremy Pryor. A Warren Circuit Court jury convicted Michael Andrew Hardy on July 21, 2016 of murder, three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, one count of…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) — Shortly after Gov. Andy Beshear announced he was reorganizing the Kentucky Board of Education with new members, 10 members of the current board said they would challenge the action in court. During his inauguration speech, Beshear said, “This morning, I reorganized the state board of education and appointed new members who…… more »
The leader of Bowling Green’s refugee resettlement agency says his organization will make a “forceful” argument to state government for more school funding for English learner students, calling it “common sense.” “We all know that Kentucky’s schools are underfunded. That’s a fact,” said Albert Mbanfu, executive director of the International Center of Kentucky. Mbanfu said…… more »
Brenda Dunn lives in a house that was built in 1949 on Greenwood Alley in Bowling Green, in what was once a thriving African American neighborhood. Some see the house – which has seen few significant improvements in recent years – as a historic home worth preservation. Others consider it an eyesore not worth the…… more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is turning to gun rights for the first time in nearly a decade, even though those who brought the case, New York City gun owners, already have won changes to the regulation they challenged. The justices’ persistence in hearing arguments Monday despite the city’s action has made gun control…… more »
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