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Bill Would Allow Employers to Fire Smokers
Monday, November 19, 2018 6:11 AM
A state senator in Kentucky says companies should be allowed to discriminate against people who smoke. Republican Sen. John Schickel of Union pre-filed his proposal this week. The bill would remove smokers from the protected classes outlined in Kentucky's employment anti-discrimination law and allow employers to lawfully refuse to hire or terminate people who smoke. Currently, state law ...
Trial Over Kentucky Abortion Law in Judge's Hands
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 7:19 AM
The fate of a Kentucky abortion law is in the hands of a federal judge after a trial wrapped up Monday over a lawsuit pitting Gov. Matt Bevin's administration and the state's only abortion clinic.    The suit challenges a law aimed at a common second-trimester procedure to end pregnancies. An ACLU attorney representing the clinic says the law is unconstitutional because it would ...
Waters: Get Smarter About Amazon-type Projects
Sunday, November 18, 2018 3:56 PM
COMMENTARY: Should we be cynical enough to believe critics claiming that Amazon knew from the beginning of its yearlong process to ostensibly determine the location of a second headquarters that it would expand into the New York City and Washington, D.C. regions and simply used the bidding war to extract $2 billion worth of additional corporate-welfare handouts from those cities? Maybe. ...
Commission OKs Horse Track Near Ft. Campbell
Sunday, November 18, 2018 1:31 PM
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a joint venture between Churchill Downs and Keeneland at a proposed $150 million racetrack and betting parlor near the Kentucky and Tennessee line. The commission on Friday approved the project located in Oak Grove, near Fort Campbell and Clarksville, TN. The racetrack license passed on an 11-3 vote, beating out competing projects from Kentucky ...
KY Senate GOP Caucus Elects New Chairwoman
Saturday, November 17, 2018 3:54 PM
The Kentucky Senate Republican Caucus has elected Julie Raque Adams as its new chairwoman. Adams defeated fellow Louisville Sen. Dan Seum in an election on Friday. Senators voted by secret ballot in a closed meeting. GOP leaders did not release the vote totals. The GOP caucus also nominated without opposition Robert Stivers of Manchester as Senate president and David Givens of Greensburg as ...
Korean War Soldier's Remains to Be Buried in KY
Saturday, November 17, 2018 4:30 AM
The remains of an American soldier killed in the Korean War in 1950 will be buried in his Kentucky hometown. The remains of Army private Robert J. Sipes were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency last month using DNA, dental records and other evidence. Sipes, of Irvington in Breckinridge county, was 19 when he was killed in North Korea during heavy fighting between his 7th ...
KY Supreme Court Upholds Right-to-Work Law
Friday, November 16, 2018 3:25 AM
The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans labor unions from collecting mandatory dues from workers. Federal law requires labor unions to represent all workers in a bargaining unit, even workers who do not join the union. Most union contracts require all workers to pay a fee to help the union enforce the contract. But at least 28 states have passed laws exempting workers from these ...
KY Supreme Court to Hear 'Marsy's Law' Case
Thursday, November 15, 2018 1:22 PM
The Kentucky Supreme Court says it will hear a case about whether a Constitutional amendment voters have approved will stand.    The court announced Thursday it will hear arguments on Feb. 8 for ``Marsy's Law.'' The proposed amendment to the state Constitution would guarantee the rights of crime victims, including the right to be notified of and present for more court proceedings. ...
Adkins Enters Governor Race, Targets Rural Voters
Thursday, November 15, 2018 3:48 AM
A former college basketball player who has spent more than three decades in the Kentucky legislature says he will run for governor in 2019, hoping his moderate views will convince rural voters to return to the Democratic party ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Rocky Adkins, the minority floor leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives, made the announcement on Wednesday in Morehead, ...

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