Fort Wright city council passed two ordinances during a meeting Wednesday to give the city more leverage over delinquent taxpayers. Individuals and organizations that fail to pay their city property taxes will now face consequences prior to foreclosure. Both ordinances intend to disrupt an organization’s operations if it does not pay its property taxes, according…
For Lisa Sobel and her husband, being able to have a child through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, was “a dream come true.” “For us, this really is a joy,” Sobel, of Louisville, said. “We want for there to be other families to be able to have this joy.” But the recent state Supreme Court ruling in…
A bill to create a special health insurance enrollment period for pregnant women – a response to the state’s high maternal mortality rate – has advanced in Frankfort, passing the Kentucky House Tuesday. House Health Services chair Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser (R-Taylor Mill) is the sponsor of the legislation in House Bill 10. Referred to…
The Boone County Fiscal Court approved a zone change to make way for a 196-unit subdivision near Union. On Tuesday, the fiscal court conducted a second reading of a zoning amendment that would change the designation of a 41.4-acre site off Hathaway Road, also known as KY-536, from rural suburban estates to suburban residential. The…
Erlanger City Council unanimously passed a resolution for the Housing Authority of Covington to administer United States Department of Housing and Urban Development programs within the city during a meeting Tuesday Central to the discussion was the potential impact of the Housing Choice Voucher program in Erlanger, which allows those in the program to receive…
On March 11, the Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee will consider a set of revisions to Energy and Environment Cabinet regulations that weaken protections for farmers, farmland and the public from the application of contaminated sludges from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Called “biosolids,” the sludges remaining from city treatment of residential, commercial and industrial wastes contain
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FRANKFORT — Advocates for open government in Kentucky urged lawmakers Thursday to close anti-transparency loopholes in a bill that Republicans voted out of committee. Despite changes made by the sponsor, the measure still could encourage officials to hide public business on private electronic devices, a Democratic lawmaker and a lawyer for the Kentucky Press Association
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Monday, a barn was destroyed in southern Boone County on Mudlick Road. Reportedly, a number of chicks were being warmed by a lamp in the barn, and observers believe the lamp may have been a factor in the source of the fire. Several fire departments converged on the blaze. Here is exclusive video of the…
FRANKFORT — Republican lawmakers say a flurry of bills to limit the governor’s authority would give more power to Kentuckians. However, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear chalks up the trend to partisan “games.” While the power struggle between Kentucky’s legislative and executive branches is nothing new, it’s become a recurring theme since voters elected a Democratic
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The house at 121 Raintree was gutted by a fire that started about 1:40 p.m. Friday. Florence fire Department officials say no one was injured in the blaze. We have exclusive footage!
