House cuts own budget 5 percent
Source: Courier & Press
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2011-03-10 23:06:15 -0800 | political-news
Members of the House of Representatives took their first step toward promised fiscal austerity on Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to cut their own operating budget by 5 percent this year. The measure, which carried the support of the GOP's 8th District...
LAMBRO: Republicans take it to the House
Source: The Washington Times
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | updated 2011-03-07 06:29:44 -0800 | political-news
The new 112th Congress, politically reshaped and redirected by the voters, reopened for business this week to tackle some old and vexing issues...Boehner of Ohio, who rose from poverty to become the speaker of the House, is setting about to...
Work on $4.6M Yarbrough Bridge to last 1 year
Source: El Paso Times
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2011-03-04 21:52:44 -0800 | political-news
But traffic won't be running smoothly in the area of Yarbrough Drive at Alameda Avenue for about a year. The Texas Department of Transportation is constructing a $4.6 million bridge at the intersection. The project includes the replacement of two...
Court to decide limits on retaliation ban
Source: Merced Sun-Star
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2011-02-08 05:58:19 -0800 | political-news
The Supreme Court will decide whether people fired because relatives file discrimination complaints against a mutual employer can sue under discrimination laws. The high court heard arguments from lawyers for Eric Thompson. He was fired from a North American Stainless...
Louisville-area unemployment rate down half a point
Source: The Courier-Journal
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2012-07-23 00:31:20 -0700 | sports-news
The unemployment rate in the 13-county Louisville metropolitan area slipped to 9.4 percent last month from 9.9 percent in September, the state reported Wednesday...Jefferson Countys unemployment rate last month was 9.7 percent, down from 10.2 percent in September, according to...
State will seek repayment from contractor accused of lavish spending
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
Frankfort :: KY :: USA | updated 2011-01-17 17:18:26 -0800 | political-news
Vikki Franklin, a spokeswoman for the cabinet, said officials plan to ask Passport to repay the state for some of the questionable expenses identified last week in a scathing audit by State Auditor Crit Luallen. "We plan to require repayment...
PNC to stop mountaintop mining financing
Source: The Courier-Journal
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2011-01-13 01:57:45 -0800 | political-news
PNC Bank, the largest banking company in Kentucky in terms of deposits, says it will stop financing projects that extract coal using a controversial form of surface mining known as mountaintop removal. PNC says in a corporate responsibility statement updated...
WinStar Farm now solely owned
Source: The Courier-Journal
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2010-12-13 23:19:32 -0800 | political-news
One of the two partners in WinStar Farm, which celebrated its first Kentucky Derby win this year with Super Saver, is giving up his ownership stake and will be the farms largest client. Kenny Troutt will be sole owner of...
Civic leaders hope KFC Yum! Center will be growth magnet
Source: The Courier-Journal
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2010-12-11 02:23:30 -0800 | sports-news
The owners of Bluegrass Brewing Co. were considering an expansion into Lexington two years ago when space opened up in a former bank building at Third and Main streets in downtown Louisville. Instead, the partners spent $2 million to turn...
Drought hurting Ky. crops
Source: The Courier-Journal
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2010-11-09 01:26:00 -0800 | political-news
Drought conditions are lowering expectations for many Kentucky grain farmers and forcing some livestock producers to dip into winter hay supplies. Western Kentucky farmer Terry Rhodes isn't banking on a profit from his corn crop, which was stunted by the...
Bullitt school board to consider tax rate increase
Source: The Courier-Journal
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2010-11-07 23:16:06 -0800 | political-news
The Bullitt County school board will hold a public hearing Tuesday on the school districts proposed property tax rate. The district wants to raise the rate to 55.2 cents per $100 of assessed value for real estate and personal property....
Family Foundation challenging Instant Racing
Source: The Courier-Journal
Frankfort :: KY :: USA | updated 2010-10-24 01:58:20 -0700 | political-news
The Family Foundation of Kentucky on Monday filed a court challenge to the slot-machine-like Instant Racing game. The state's racetracks and Kentucky regulators filed a lawsuit July 20 in Franklin Circuit Court seeking Judge Thomas Wingates confirmation that the game...
Keeneland offering buyouts
Source: The Courier-Journal
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2010-10-18 16:11:53 -0700 | political-news
The Keeneland Association is offering buyouts to some employees, President Nick Nicholson said in a telephone interview Wednesday. Nicholson cited declines in the Lexington, Ky. companys thoroughbred sales revenues as the primary reason and said its part of a belt-tightening...
Viamedia Names Chad Dobson Corporate Controller
Source: PR Newswire
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 07:43:36 -0700 | business-news
Mr. Dobson is a seasoned financial professional with over 15 years of finance and accounting experience. Prior to joining Viamedia, he spent six years with Tempur-Pedic, most recently as Director of Global Financial Reporting. His primary oversight was SEC reporting,...
Nine Kentucky businesses named "pacesetters"
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 09:17:14 -0700 | business-news
Winners were recognized at the Kentucky Celebrates Small Businesses event in Frankfort. The Kentucky Business Pacesetter Program recognizes Kentucky-based businesses "that are changing the economic landscape of the Commonwealth by introducing innovative products, increasing sales and boosting...
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