Steve Beshear

Haydon raises $238,000 in Kentucky Senate race

Democratic state senate candidate Jodie Haydon has raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars for his Dec. 8 special election battle against Republican state Rep. Jimmy Higdon, keeping the race on pace to be one of the most...

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Court: Kentucky Must Readopt Lethal Injection Protocol

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that the state improperly adopted its lethal injection protocol and must readopt procedures to administer the three-drug cocktail used to execute condemned inmates.

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Beshear To Head South Growth Policies Board

POSTED: 8:56 am EST November 25, 2009 FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gov. Steve Beshear will be the newest chairman of the Southern Growth Policies Board, a think tank that has been led in the past by such notable politicians as Jimmy...

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Beshear names interim education secretary

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear on Tuesday named Joe Meyer of Covington as acting secretary of Kentucky's Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Meyer, who is currently deputy secretary, will replace Helen Mountjoy,...

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Commentary: Kentucky is cutting corners on environment

Ron Mills, the former director of the state Division of Mine Permits, said he was fired from that post at the behest of Gov. Steve Beshear because he refused to approve permits that didn't comply with the law.

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Support Pushing UIGEA Deadline Back 1YR

Six Kentucky Congressmen Support Pushing UIGEA Deadline Back One Year November 23, 2009, Matthew Kredell The Poker Players Alliance's petition to delay the fast-approaching compliance date for the Unlawful Internet Gambling...

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Week highlights awareness of distracted driving

With Thanksgiving a few days away, state officials are continuing efforts to combat distracted driving, which they say was responsible for a quarter of Kentucky's road fatalities last year and kills more people proportionally...

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Governor paints gloomy budget picture for county officials

By Ronnie Ellis CNHI News Service Gov. Steve Beshear conceded to a convention of Kentucky’s county officials Tuesday that another round of state budget cuts is going to be painful and may force some cuts in priority services....

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Conway calls for executions while others call for moratorium

On the same day Attorney General Jack Conway asked Gov. Steve Beshear to set execution dates for three death row inmates, 12 private attorneys and the Dept. of Public Advocacy call for a moratorium on executions while an ABA...

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Taking A Gamble On Casinos

Revenues Down Across River, But Ky. Belterra, Casino Aztar, French Lick, Grand Victoria and Horseshoe -- was down 21 to 31 percent in September over what they saw 2½ years earlier. These are monthly totals for money dropped in...

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