LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials are concerned that two bankrupt coal companies could abandon their environmental obligations. Officials said in a hearing this week in West Virginia that Blackjewel LLC and Revelation Energy might leave taxpayers with a bill for millions in mine reclamation costs. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Blackjewel’s violations account for about 30 percent of the total…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Lawmakers have been told Kentucky state colleges and universities will ask for their first funding increase since the 2007-08 budget. Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson told lawmakers Thursday that public colleges will seek a 6.2% increase next fiscal year and an 8.8% increase in the 2022 fiscal year over current base funding levels….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An official says the University of Louisville plans to hire almost 400 nurses and doctors to increase access to local health care in its expanded system. The Courier Journal reports UofL Health Chief Executive Tom Miller told the school’s Board of Trustees on Thursday that the move would improve access to care at former KentuckyOne facilities….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — College students pursuing civil engineering and engineering technology degrees can apply for scholarships offered by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The cabinet said in a news release it will award up to 30 new scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year to prospective and current college students studying at one of four Kentucky universities or two Kentucky Community…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration says it has handed over documents in multiple open records lawsuits that his predecessor, Gov. Matt Bevin, had sought to keep secret. The administration agreed to settle the suits by handing over documents in four cases and paying about $90,000 to the Courier Journal. The newspaper sought records about a project to build…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Senate Education Committee has approved a bill to require that police officers assigned to Kentucky schools be armed. The committee on Thursday advanced the measure to the full Senate. The action came on the second anniversary of the shooting at Marshall County High School in western Kentucky. Two 15-year-old students were killed and more than…
RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — Police say two officers shot and wounded a Kentucky man with a knife while responding to a report of an armed robbery. Radcliff police responded to the report around 2 a.m. Thursday and found a man with a knife in the parking lot of an apartment building. Kentucky State Police Trooper Scotty Sharp told news outlets…
MIAMI – A group of lawyers called a news conference to discuss what they claim is the mistreatment of rapper Kodak in federal prison. But they discovered the 22-year-old rapper had been put on a prison bus to another federal facility in Kentucky just an hour before they arrived at the facility Wednesday. The attorneys say they haven’t seen Black…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Senate panel has approved a bill to require that doctors and other health workers provide life-saving care for an infant born alive after a failed abortion attempt. The measure sailed through the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee without opposition Thursday. The bill now heads to the Republican-dominated Senate. Sen. Whitney Westerfield,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A researcher at the University of Louisville is receiving a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for renewable energy research. Joshua Spurgeon does his research in the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research in the J.B. Speed School of Engineering. He focuses on the production of hydrogen fuel from water with solar energy. The fuel has…
