Frankfort (Kentucky)

Rep. Burch faces ethics charge

Letter to judges is inquiry's focus FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Legislative Ethics Commission yesterday charged Rep. Tom Burch with an ethics violation for asking an appeals court panel to rule in favor of a constituent. Burch,...

Beshear won't halt Chapman execution

Chapman killed 2 children, attacked mother FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gov. Steve Beshear said yesterday that he would not halt Friday's scheduled execution of Marco Allen Chapman. Beshear said in a statement that, absent any further...

Hurdle cleared in Chapman execution

Judge rules he can fire defenders FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A Franklin circuit judge ruled yesterday that a death-row inmate could fire the public defenders who have been trying to stop his scheduled execution next week. The ruling...

Revenue forecasters pessimistic

State shortfall may be larger than thought FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The team of economists who will make that official forecast, the Consensus Forecasting Group, was not optimistic about the economic outlook when they met in the...

Horses Feeling Impact Of Ailing Economy

POSTED: 6:10 pm EST November 13, 2008 FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Animal control workers in Kentucky have a larger problem than stray dogs and cats - much larger. Stray horses have been turning up in some rural communities. Advocates are...

Study Group Has First Meeting

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A Kentucky education official links the rolloff in new college enrollment to soaring tuition costs. At the first meeting of Gov. Steve Beshear’s Higher Education Work Group in Frankfort on Wednesday, interim...

Court Must Vacate Kentucky Court's Baseless Domain Name Seizure

Frankfort, KY - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a Kentucky Court of Appeals Wednesday to vacate a lower court's order...

Kentucky Book Fair Features UK, UPK Authors

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 13, 2008) – A number of faculty and staff members from the University of Kentucky, as well as authors from the University Press of Kentucky (UPK), will take part in the Kentucky Book Fair. The fair,...

Advocates for kids plan goals for legislative session

Fewer dropouts among the goals FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Cutting Kentucky's high school dropout rate, getting children more physically active in school and tightening rules on the state's "payday loan" industry are among measures a...

State lets electric cars on its roads

Speed limit must be 45 mph or less FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Transportation Secretary Joe Prather has cleared the way for Kentuckians to title, register and drive alternative electric vehicles in the state. The low-speed,...

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