All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 7 2021 // Big I of Kentucky, the association of independent insurance agents in the state, has elected Kevin Desmond as chairman.Desmond, who is president of Desmond Insurance in Bellevue, has been active on the Big I board and...
Nov 19 2021 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund will make a $27 million dividend payment to members next spring, the fund announced. The dividend marks the 28th straight year that the fund has...
Nov 5 2021 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved another workers’ compensation loss cost decrease for employers in the state.The DOI announced this week that officials have ratified a 10.4% average reduction,...
Aug 24 2021 // The Kentucky governor’s efforts to aggressively combat COVID-19 suffered a landmark legal defeat Saturday as the state’s high court cleared the way for new laws to rein in his emergency powers.The state Supreme...
Aug 18 2021 // The University of Kentucky is opposing a move by the state to trademark the phrase “Team Kentucky” for use on clothing products.The university argued last week in a notice of opposition with a board in the...
Aug 6 2021 // Fatal drug overdoses in Kentucky _ an ongoing scourge that has ravaged communities in the state _ surged nearly 50% last year and isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was a “major contributing factor,” a...
Jul 16 2021 // Concerns about cybersecurity have led the state of Kentucky to extend its search for a company to modernize its pandemic-stressed unemployment insurance system, Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration said Wednesday.The...
Jul 8 2021 // The deadline for Kentuckians impacted by severe storms earlier this year to register for federal assistance has been extended. The deadline to apply is now July 23. The extension was requested by Gov. Andy Beshear as...
Jun 18 2021 // Federal emergency officials have extended a deadline for Kentuckians to register for assistance due to damage from severe flooding, Gov. Andy Beshear said.The deadline to apply for help from the Individual Assistance...
Jun 7 2021 // Kentucky’s attorney general last week sued CVS Health, accusing its pharmacy chain of flooding the state with prescription opioids that contributed to the state’s addiction woes.Attorney General Daniel Cameron...
Jun 1 2021 // Kentucky’s request for individual assistance for 22 additional counties hit by severe flooding has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday.Assistance can include grants...
May 12 2021 // A former Kentucky officer who was fired from the Lexington Police department is alleging in a lawsuit that a culture of racial discrimination plagues the department and contributed to his dismissal.Jervis Middleton, who is...
May 11 2021 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday laid out the next phase for relaxing pandemic-related restrictions and said he hopes to lift any remaining capacity limits on gatherings this summer.“We’re very close to...
May 6 2021 // A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and is likely to fail, prompting the mayor to warn residents living downhill to prepare to evacuate if more rains increase the...
Apr 15 2021 // Kentucky’s governor stood aside and let a bill become law that protects an array of businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits. But he warned Monday that the measure is likely to draw a court challenge.The measure,...
Apr 12 2021 // A Kentucky judge on Friday temporarily blocked applying some of the state’s pandemic-related restrictions to several restaurants and breweries challenging the governor’s actions.Scott County Circuit Judge Brian...
Apr 7 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration in Kentucky from winter storms in February, Gov. Andy Beshear said last week.The declaration is for harsh weather that hit the state from Feb. 8 to Feb. 19, including...
Apr 1 2021 // Kentucky lawmakers voted to shield businesses and health care facilities from coronavirus-related lawsuits as they hurried to finish work Tuesday before ending this year’s session.Beshear’s office said the...
Mar 8 2021 // Gov. Andy Beshear reiterated his promise to seek federal disaster relief on Friday while touring several flooded counties in Eastern Kentucky, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.“What I saw was the worst...
Mar 8 2021 // Bankrupt coal company Blackjewel was ordered by a federal judge last month to clean up a Kentucky mine site. In a bankruptcy court ruling, Judge Benjamin Kahn said the Bell County site presented a potential threat and...