by Jillian Riseman, CivicLex LEXINGTON, Ky. — In last Thursday’s Planning Commission Work Session, Senior Long Range Planner Hal Baillie presented a comprehensive list of changes to land use policy called the Urban Growth Management Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment. The Urban Growth Management ZOTA proposes a significant number of changes aimed at advancing goals…
LEXINGTON, KY — In a move that has sparked both support and dissent among council members and the public, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council passed ordinances Thursday setting ad valorem tax rates for the fiscal year 2023-2024. The decision comes after extensive discussions and debates, including a notable contribution from Councilmember Dave Sevigny. Financial…
Republicans, including Daniel Cameron, want to eliminate income tax by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Republicans’ goal of gradually eliminating the state income tax has met an obstacle of their own making. State tax revenues failed to meet a fiscal requirement set by the GOP-controlled legislature in order to consider further income tax cuts during next…
Chinese-owned Ebon International has said it likely would not locate in Kentucky without discounts by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s utility regulator has denied millions of dollars in electricity discounts offered by utility Kentucky Power to support a massive cryptocurrency mining operation in Eastern Kentucky. The Kentucky Public Service Commission in a Monday order stated Chinese-owned…
By Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has filed a lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers and drug manufacturers over an alleged insulin pricing scheme. The lawsuit alleges that PBMs CVS Caremark, Optum Rx, and Express Scripts along with manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi have worked together to manipulate and increase insulin prices. PBMs act as middlemen…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A state road project in Laurel County, set to benefit a business owned by London Mayor Randall Weddle, has been expedited from Fiscal Year 2025 to 2023, the Herald-Leader’s Austin Horn reports. Weddle, a significant donor to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s re-election campaign, has come under scrutiny for his substantial political…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s tourism industry celebrated a record-breaking year in 2022, generating nearly $13 billion in economic impact, according to state officials. However, a closer examination of the numbers, when adjusted for inflation, paints a slightly different picture. In an article published by the Associated Press on Tuesday, Bruce Schreiner reported that the…
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s utility regulator has approved more than $4 million in electricity cost discounts over several years for a Bitcoin mining operation being run by Kentucky’s largest coal producer. The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) in its Monday order said the economic development incentives offered by Louisville Gas and Electric…
by Nancy Royden, Legislative Research Commission Public Information Office FRANKFORT — Questions abounded on Thursday from legislators on the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy as a representative from one of Kentucky’s power grid operators offered predictions about the future of energy in the commonwealth. Asim Z. Haque serves as vice president…