Latest Kentucky Headlines

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Kentucky Forms Financial Cybercrime Prevention Task Force

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...

Kentucky Mine Inspector Resigns Amid Ethics Questions

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...

Gay Marriage Battle Headed to Federal Courts

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...

Kentucky Senate Committee Advances Contractor, Subcontractor Liability Bill

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...

Kentucky Court Upholds Dismissal of Asbestos Claim Against Cigarette Maker

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...

Sinkhole Collapse Damages Corvette Museum in Kentucky

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...

Federal Judge Orders Kentucky to Recognize Out-of-State Gay Marriages

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....

Kentucky Panel Advances Bill to Allow Concealed Guns in Bars

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,...

Kentucky Senate Passes Landlord Dog Bite Liability Protection Bill

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...

Medical Malpractice May Be Back on Kentucky Lawmakers’ Agenda

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...

Kentucky Lawmakers May Debate Medical Malpractice Again

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...

Kentucky Weighs Cyber Breach Notifcation Law

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...

Kentucky Reports Drop in Traffic Fatalities

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...

Kentucky’s Health Care Call Center Adds Sunday Hours

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,...

Kentucky Judge Hits Accounting Firm with $99M Fraud Judgment

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...

2013 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed

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...

Kentucky Files Plan to Rehabilitate Schools’ Insurance Trust

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...

Kentucky Regulator Files Rehabilitation Plan for Schools’ Insurance Trust

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...

280,000 Kentuckians to Give Up Their Current Health Insurance Policies

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...

Alabama Couple Sues Kentucky Motel Owners for $5M Over Illness

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...