Tag: Kentucky

Tennessee Valley Authority: Additional Steps Needed to Prevent Weather-Related Outages

The nation’s largest public utility might not be up to the task of avoiding power failures in extreme weather conditions, a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) claims. “The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) faces several climate-related risks … expected to affect TVA’s ability to generate and transmit electricity … that could affect TVA’s…


Kentucky Governor’s Tornado Relief Fund Disbursed Funds to Ineligible Recipients

The state of Kentucky has sent an unknown amount of storm relief funds to those unaffected by the storms who didn’t file claims for relief. A recent report indicated that money came from the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund, which Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration established. The state’s Public Protection Cabinet office issued…


Kentucky AG Rules Gov. Violated Open Records Act in State GOP’s Request for Correspondence on School Shutdowns

Republicans in Kentucky are pushing to obtain correspondence from Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear and his inner circle regarding school closures at the height of the pandemic. A ruling this week by the Kentucky Attorney General’s office stated that Beshear’s office violated the Open Records Act when it denied certain documents requested by the state’s GOP….


Restaurant Sign Topples in High Wind; 1 Dead, 2 Injured

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.—A towering Denny’s Restaurant sign in central Kentucky fell on a car during high winds, killing a woman and injuring her husband and daughter. The sign partially crushed their car when it fell Thursday from a pole near the Denny’s parking lot off Interstate 65 in Elizabethtown. Lillian Curtis, 72, was in the back…


Bipartisan Bill to Abolish Death Penalty Is Filed in Kentucky

A bipartisan bill proposed in the Kentucky legislature would eliminate the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates sentenced to capital punishment. The bill was filed in the Kentucky Senate in January by Democrat Sen. Gerald Neal and Republican Sens. Julie Raque Adams and Stephen Meredith. The bill would “abolish…


Kentucky Parents Fear for Children’s Safety After Student Who Wrote ‘Kill List’ Is Allowed to Return to School: Reports

Parents of children at a Kentucky school where a 14-year-old student allegedly wrote a “kill list” last year have voiced concerns for their children’s safety after the student was reportedly allowed to return this month. The student at Conner High School in Hebron, who has not been identified, allegedly threatened several eighth-grade students in 2021 and…


Kentucky Halts No. 5 Tennessee’s 25-Game Home Win Streak

Antonio Reeves scored a team-high 18 points off the bench and Oscar Tshiebwe recorded his 50th career double-double as visiting Kentucky stunned No. 5 Tennessee 63–56 Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn. Tshiebwe scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the unranked Wildcats (11–6, 2–4 Southeastern Conference), who came into the game as significant underdogs…


School Choice a Matter of State Lines for Tennessee and Kentucky

School choice, the policy debate surrounding using public education funds to allow students to attend a range of alternatives to traditional public schools, has become more widespread in the United States over the past few years. While 18 states have taken no action on school choice, according to school choice nonprofit EdChoice, other states have…


In ESG Debate, Some See Threat to Livelihood, Traditional Values

Charlie Masters, Kentucky farmer, has watched the prices rise. Diesel fuel and nitrogen fertilizer, two of the most critical ingredients for running his Fleming County beef and produce operation, are still costlier than just two years ago. That’s partly due to recent fluctuations in the prices of oil and natural gas. What’s behind those trends?…


Bipartisan Appalachian Governments Work to Become One of Many ‘Hydrogen Hubs’

A bipartisan group of Appalachian governors is coming together to focus on hydrogen and its uses in the future as a fuel and energy source. The group is part of several around the country working to secure funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund regional hydrogen hubs. The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen…