All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 21 2014 // The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions has created a task force aimed at preventing financial cybercrime. “The task force will help prevent cyberattacks from undermining the future integrity of the...
Feb 19 2014 // A longtime state mine inspector has resigned amid inquiries about whether he sought or accepted money from an eastern Kentucky lawmaker who owns coal mines.Kentucky Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement inspector...
Feb 18 2014 // The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election...
Feb 18 2014 // Labor contractors would be protected from some litigation under a bill that cleared a Senate panel last week.If passed, the bill would insulate primary contractors from any liability for the illegal practices of their...
Feb 18 2014 // The widow of a former cigarette factory worker has lost her bid for a new trial seeking compensation for her husband’s death, contending that he died of exposure to asbestos while working and smoking at a factory...
Feb 13 2014 // A sinkhole collapsed part of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky on Wednesday, damaging eight there but not shutting down the facility.Museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli said six of the cars were owned by the museum...
Feb 13 2014 // Kentucky was ordered by a federal judge to recognize same-sex marriages made in other states as similar challenges were filed in Louisiana and Missouri, escalating litigation over gay rights in courts nationwide.U.S....
Feb 13 2014 // A bill to allow concealed deadly weapons in Kentucky bars has passed its first committee hearing in the Legislature.The Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee approved the measure Tuesday. The bill’s sponsor,...
Feb 12 2014 // Landlords who live on their own property would not be financially liable for a tenant’s dog if it attacks another person under a bill passed by the Kentucky Senate. Republican Sen. Chris Girdler of Somerset called...
Feb 10 2014 // Kentucky lawmakers are preparing for another debate on whether to shake up the state’s medical malpractice system, with some influential outside voices joining on both sides of the discussion.A new coalition of...
Jan 27 2014 // Kentucky lawmakers are preparing for another debate on whether to shake up the state’s medical malpractice system, with some influential outside voices joining on both sides of the discussion.A new coalition of...
Jan 16 2014 // A bill backed by state Auditor Adam Edelen and a bipartisan group of lawmakers would require state and local government agencies to notify Kentuckians when their personal information is breached.The bill’s backers...
Dec 24 2013 // Kentucky is on track for its lowest number of traffic fatalities in decades. The Courier-Journal reported that fewer than 600 fatal crashes had been reported by mid-December. The last time the number was that low was in...
Dec 10 2013 // A health care call center is expanding its hours to sign up Kentuckians for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the call center for Kentucky’s program, called Kynect,...
Nov 21 2013 // A large Chicago-based accounting firm has been hit with a $99 million judgment stemming from a fraud lawsuit brought by a Kentucky family that owns dozens of hotels and more than a half-dozen casinos around the...
Nov 18 2013 // State Specialists are often an independent agent’s most reliable and consistent market. These companies are focused on a specific geographic area, understand it and consistently strive to serve it.The Demotech...
Nov 18 2013 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) has proposed taking over the management of the troubled funds used for school board workers’ compensation and property and liability claims.DOI Commissioner Sharon P. Clark...
Nov 11 2013 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) has proposed taking over the management of the troubled funds used for school board workers’ compensation and property and liability claims.DOI Commissioner Sharon P. Clark...
Nov 4 2013 // About 280,000 Kentuckians will have to give up their current insurance policies in the months ahead and enroll in alternatives that comply with the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform law.Kentucky...
Oct 28 2013 // An Alabama woman has filed suit seeking $5 million from the owners of a Kentucky motel where she says she was infected with Legionnaire’s disease.Vera Ann Johnson and husband John Allen Johnson of Wedowee filed suit...