Historic Landmarks Commission approves city appeal, Castleman statue to be moved
The John B. Castleman statue is heading to a new home. An appeal filed by the city to overturn a decision by the Cherokee Triangle Architectural Review Committee to leave the statue in its original spot was approved by a 4-3 vote Thursday by...
WLKY: Bullitt County residents resist natural gas pipeline project
By Deni Kamper | WLKY Bullitt County residents gathered at the county’s courthouse Wednesday to voice their opposition to a natural gas pipeline proposed by LG&E for the southeast part of the county. LG&E plans to build a 12-mile pipeline that will run from...
City’s appeal to remove Castleman statue to be heard Thursday morning
Removal of the John B. Castleman statue from Cherokee Triangle will be up for debate yet again when the Historic Landmarks and Preservation Districts Commission convenes Thursday morning. Because the statue is located in the Cherokee Triangle Preservation District, the city was forced to...
News Analysis: How worried should Matt Bevin be about the Republican primary?
By Perry Bacon Jr. The Democratic gubernatorial primary on May 21 is obviously the bigger story as it’s unclear which candidate will win. But the GOP gubernatorial primary results could be telling as well. Gov. Matt Bevin has one fairly serious Republican opponent in...
Three public hearings and dozens of committee meetings ahead on city budget debate
This week kicks off the dozens of budget committee meetings and first of three public hearings that will take place over the next two months, as Louisville Metro Council works to hammer out a budget for the next fiscal year that aims to fill...
Electric bills are going up again across Kentucky
By John Cheves | Lexington Herald-Leader Electric bills are going up again across Kentucky. The Kentucky Public Service Commission announced that it had approved rate hikes for Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas & Electric. Both companies are subsidiaries of PPL Corp., headquartered in Allentown,...
Beshear campaign defends use of attorney general’s office employee for free website labor
Andy Beshear’s campaign for governor has utilized the free volunteer labor of an employee in the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General to help create and maintain its website over the last 10 months, as the campaign’s finance reports list no disbursements to that...
WLKY: Jeffersonville in running for America’s Main Streets contest
By Carolyn Callahan | WLKY Jeffersonville is one of 25 cities left in the America’s Main Streets contest, which promotes the importance of strong downtowns and the economic impact of small businesses. “A downtown is really the anchor of your community,” Jeffersonville Main Street...
Edelen campaign faces questions over family and business ties to super PAC
A mysterious super PAC that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of radio and television ads in March advocating the election of the Democratic candidate for governor Adam Edelen shed the first light on its own inner workings on Friday, when it filed...
WLKY: Proposed regulation changes could ban tattoos on scarred skin
The state Department for Public Health has filed proposed new regulations for tattooing in Kentucky. It is the first time in 15 years that updates have been made to the state’s body art regulations. One of the proposed changes under Standard Operating Procedures for...
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May 19, 2019
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