All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 27 2015 // The Kentucky House has passed a bill aimed at toughening Kentucky’s DUI laws by requiring convicted drunken drivers to install ignition interlock devices in their vehicles.The bill cleared the House on a 96-0 vote...
Feb 26 2015 // As Kentucky mines less coal and produces more natural gas, state lawmakers want to update the environmental protection rules that drilling companies are required to follow.But some landowners worry the state’s rush...
Feb 25 2015 // Kentucky House lawmakers have advanced a bill that would exempt some pastors from paying workers’ compensation insurance. Kentucky has hundreds of churches with tiny congregations whose pastors work for free. The...
Feb 24 2015 // USI Insurance Services has added Randy Deskins to the USI MidSouth region as its bond manager. Based in the USI Louisville, Ky., office, Deskins will be responsible for managing the service delivery of surety clients and...
Feb 10 2015 // A high-ranking Democrat in the Kentucky House of Representatives has been added to an ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit in Franklin County.Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate added state Rep. Johnny Bell of...
Feb 9 2015 // Drivers convicted of driving under the influence in Kentucky would have it on their record for 10 years under a bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Currently, it takes four driving under the influence...
Jan 29 2015 // State officials say highway fatalities in Kentucky increased last year after a record low in 2013.The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety says preliminary figures show that 667 people died on Kentucky roadways last year, up...
Jan 23 2015 // A doctor with offices in Louisville, Ky. and southern Indiana has been charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients.The U.S. attorney’s office in Louisville said 47-year-old...
Jan 21 2015 // The debate over hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to drill oil and natural gas wells, may be coming to Kentucky.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports there’s been increased interest among oil and gas companies in...
Dec 30 2014 // Less than five years after an explosion fueled by excess coal dust killed 29 men deep inside a West Virginia underground mine, the nation’s coal mines are on pace for an all-time low in work-related deaths.Federal...
Dec 18 2014 // A former college and professional basketball player and coach is the most recent recipient of Insurance Journal’s Matt Wells Scholarship to the National Alliance Producer School.The scholarship honors Matt Wells, son...
Dec 17 2014 // A worker was killed Tuesday in a Kentucky mine owned by Patriot Coal Co., the company’s third such fatality this year.Eli Eldridge, 34, of Sturgis, Kentucky died after he was struck by a vehicle shuttling coal to the...
Dec 15 2014 // A former college and professional basketball player and coach is the most recent recipient of Insurance Journal’s Matt Wells Scholarship to the National Alliance Producer School.The scholarship honors Matt Wells, son...
Dec 10 2014 // A regional organization has given an award to Kentucky’s technological screening program for large commercial trucks.The Intelligent Transportation Society of the Midwest gave the 2014 Project of the Year award to...
Dec 1 2014 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by the companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11...
Nov 30 2014 // A jury has awarded the parents of a child who suffered a brain injury during his birth more than $18 million in damages.The Glasgow (Kentucky) Daily Times reported the jury rendered its decision on last Tuesday after...
Nov 20 2014 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2015 officers who will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2015. President: Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance...
Nov 19 2014 // The Kentucky Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit claiming vapors from Jefferson County bourbon warehouses are causing a black fungus to form on nearby houses and vehicles. The Courier-Journal reported that a lower court...
Nov 12 2014 // A former Kentucky mine inspector indicted for taking bribes from a state lawmaker is now facing charges from the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. The commission charged Kelly Shortridge with four counts of violating...
Nov 11 2014 // State officials are planning an evaluation of potentially faulty guardrail heads on Kentucky roads and highways.Transportation Secretary Mike Hancock told lawmakers during a committee meeting last week that he believes...