Kentucky Government News

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet this week awarded a contract to Evers Welding Co.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will hold a public meeting regarding improvements for Brannon Road in Jessamine County from 5 - 7 p.m. June 20. The meeting is to gather pubic input on the concerns of the traveling public and local residents, according to a press release.

Retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. has responded to a multi-state campaign and stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles, political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky said Wednesday.

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Also Contributing: Dave Benton Reported: Jun. 19, 2013 2:10 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 19, 2013 2:22 PM EDT A contract has been awarded to a welding company to repair the Ashland Bridge that has been shut down for structural damage.

Congres-sional redistricting that was completed last year may have to be redone in an upcoming special legislative session, adding one more potential complication to what has become a protracted effort by Kentucky lawmakers to redraw political boundaries.

Duncan will be at St. Benedict Center of Early Childhood Development on 25th Street in the California neighborhood of Louisville Thursday morning and then participate in a discussion about early childhood development issues.

Kenton County Judge-executive Steve Arlinghaus says that county's jail "has become a detoxification center by default," and more money is needed for community programs treating Northern Kentuckians with drug and alcohol addictions.

Wayne Allen PDT Staff Writer Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet opened bids on Friday, June 14 from contractors to replace a damaged steel beam on the closed 12th Street bridge in Ashland, Ky.

Green River Road at the intersection of Osage Drive will be closed all day Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Henderson Water Utility, so HWU crews can do some water line work.

Some community-based organizations and local health departments are hosting free test events for HIV this month, as National HIV Testing Day is marked on June 27. The goal is to let individuals learn their status and be linked to services if needed.

We are agreed, and the statistics support the conclusion: Kentuckians are unhealthy and there's a shortage of primary care providers.

Kentucky state officials are launching a year-long study to find out whether the state's controversial new laws cracking down on prescription drug abuse are making a difference in curbing one of the nation's worst pain-pill epidemics.

Kentucky's health commissioner told lawmakers this week that a typical smoker in the state spent $2,237 on cigarettes last year.

Gov. Steve Beshear has picked a former automobile executive and Transportation Cabinet official to head up the Cabinet for Education and Workforce Development.

The Office of Inspector General in the Kentucky Cabinet for Public Protection has opened an investigation into the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

A contractor's bid for repaving a portion of U.S. 60/Main Street in Sturgis has been rejected by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet after coming in significantly higher than expected.

A plan to remove contaminants from the soil of homes near a Louisville Superfund site could be put into action later this summer.

The public has the chance to weigh in on a new teacher hiring policy in West Virginia.

While the U.S. Senate debates immigration reform, newly released polling indicates a strong majority of Kentuckians support reform - if the question is framed in terms of increasing border security and tightening requirements for citizenship.

Work is underway on Interstate 64 in eastern Kentucky where more than 12 miles of paving and other improvements are taking place.