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Winter storm leaves tens of thousands of Kentuckians without power
1 day ago · Tens of thousands of Kentuckians are without power Monday morning as a winter storm continues to hammer much of the state with snow, ice and an incoming blast of arctic temperatures. If you need help because of the cold and ice, text or call the national disaster distress hotline at 1-800-985-5990 ...
KY legislature convenes Tuesday as state Supreme Court adjusts …
16 hours ago · Facing severe winter weather, Kentucky’s elected officials are postponing some events or trudging ahead to fulfill constitutional requirements. The Kentucky Supreme Court announced Monday afternoon that investitures scheduled this week for incoming Chief Justice Debra Lambert and Justice Pamela ...
Not total déjà vu, but Kentuckians can expect another income tax cut
1 day ago · Kentucky General Fund revenue — which grows on average about 3% in normal times — grew by 10.9% in 2020-21 and by 14.6% in 2021-22. Those were by far the strongest growth rates since 1991 when revenues were boosted by hikes in the income and sales taxes to fund the Kentucky Education Reform Act.
Kentucky’s largest utility says it’s ready for extreme cold. Others ...
3 days ago · Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities — the state’s largest utility, serving about 1.3 million customers — is prepared to make sure failures of its fossil fuel-fired power plants in 2022 don’t happen again, a spokesman for the utility said.
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Dec 27, 2024 · Republicans’ assignment: Avert a global financial crisis over the U.S. debt limit BY: Jennifer Shutt - December 28, 2024 WASHINGTON — When Republicans won unified control of government during the November elections, they also won the responsibility to address the country’s debt limit after the current suspension expires on Jan. 1.
State revenue is forecast to decline as Kentucky lawmakers …
Dec 9, 2024 · A projected dip in state tax collections appears not to have dimmed Republican leaders’ eagerness to again cut Kentucky’s income tax. Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers on Saturday said continuing to reduce the individual income tax rate — this time from 4% to 3.5% — remains the Republican supermajority’s No. 1 priority in the upcoming legislative session, reports WHAS11 News ...
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Less power from coal, more from natural gas in Kentucky's future, …
Oct 25, 2024 · Power-intensive data centers will drive growth in electricity demand in the near future, says the utility serving the most Kentuckians. It plans to meet that demand by continuing to replace coal-fired power with natural gas while potentially adding up …
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Gable’s death is a call for truth bells to ring BY: Al Cross - December 18, 2024 Robert Gable, who died at 90 on Nov. 29, will be remembered by the Kentucky political world as the man who kept the state Republican Party in business from 1986 to 1993, while Sen. Mitch McConnell was on his way up and planning a mostly friendly takeover of the state GOP.