The Covington Board of Commissioners approved a new ordinance regulating the operation of short-term rentals at a special meeting Wednesday night. The vote follows a long period of regulatory deliberation and public comment that began at the end of last year when the board declared an emergency moratorium on new licenses for short-term rentals, often […]
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LINK nky Daily Headlines: Thursday, June 29, 2023
Happy Thursday, Northern Kentucky, and thanks for joining us this morning. The holiday’s coming up, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things going. Get caught up with everything happening in the region with today’s news headlines.
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Covington Commission approves fiscal year 2024’s budget
The Covington Board of Commissioners voted to approve the city’s budget for the fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1, at their regular meeting on Tuesday. The vote was contextualized by an unexpected decline in payroll taxes over the last fiscal year, which city officials attributed to the ongoing proliferation of work-from-home policies, especially at […]
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Covington Board of Education votes to remove, investigate legal policies relating to human sexuality, gender
The Covington Board of Education unanimously voted to remove two sections of the state’s new legal policies, both of which related to human sexuality and gender, at a meeting Thursday evening. At the request of the Board of Education President Tom Haggard, Superintendent Alvin Garrison and the board’s attorneys will investigate the policies to see […]
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Erlanger council members disagree on how to use $5 million in city reserves
Disagreement and contention reigned in the Erlanger City Council this week as members debated the ideal use for $5 million in capital reserve funds following the first reading of an ordinance on June 6, which would codify when and how the city could spend the money. Disagreement arose within the council on how to best […]
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Covington City Commissioners debate legislative procedure
Disagreements over legislative procedures and the power of public officials ensued at the Covington Board of Commissioners’ caucus meeting Tuesday evening. The debate arose when one commissioner, Nolan Nicaise, expressed frustration that legislative proposals he’d brought to the commission failed to make it onto the following week’s voting agendas, something that also occurred to proposals […]
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LINK nky Daily Headlines: Thursday, June 22, 2023
Good morning, NKY, and happy Thursday! There’s lots going on this week, so tune-in this morning to catch up on your daily news headlines.
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Newport approves budget: ‘We use a very conservative approach, which has served us well’
The Newport Board of Commissioners approved the next fiscal year’s city budget at two special meetings Thursday and Friday of last week. The budget numbers and projections show an overall revenue increase and a continued building up of the city’s reserves, which city staff touted as a benefit of a self-described fiscally conservative approach to […]
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The Sunday Story Podcast: Priced out of the River Cities? ‘The market sets it all’
As cities and economic institutions have made changes to draw in new development, demand for housing and commercial space has driven up property values and rent prices, making it harder for established residents and businesses to keep pace. Experience this LINK nky story in three ways; 1) READ the full cover story from The LINK Reader […]
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Priced out of the River Cities? ‘The market sets it all’
This story originally appeared in the June 9 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe at linknky.com/subscribe. Listen to this story in our Sunday Story Podcast here. At the end of Greenup Street in Covington, just as the road bends around the city of Covington sign welcoming northern visitors and residents […]
