Funding will go to mental health, residential treatment facilities FTM file. Governor Steve Beshear today announced that community mental health centers and residential treatment facilities across the state will receive more than $3.5 million in grants to help treat prescription drug and heroin abuse, and address neonatal abstinence syndrome in Kentucky. The grant program is […]
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Gov. Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff KSP trooper killed in the line of duty
Governor Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff Friday in honor of a Kentucky State Police trooper killed in the line of duty. Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was shot after a traffic stop around 10:20 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 24. Ponder had been on the force […]
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Gov. Beshear’s statement on Supreme Court ACA ruling
Gov. Steve Beshear. Provided. FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 25, 2015) – “Making healthcare coverage accessible and affordable to all citizens is the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act. To conclude that the law’s intent was only to offer subsidies to those who purchased healthcare coverage through their state’s health benefit exchange when many states declined to […]
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Gov. Beshear Sets New Minimum Wage for State Employees: $10.10
Gov. Steve Beshear. Provided. Change affects nearly 800 in executive branch; Governor challenges public and private employers to follow lead FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 8, 2015) – Governor Steve Beshear is raising wages for state government’s lowest-paid workers. Beginning July 1, every person working for the executive branch of state government will earn at least $10.10 […]
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OPINION: Governor’s Brent Spence Proposal Positive Step, But No Solution
Last week, Gov. Beshear previewed his plan for replacing the Brent Spence Bridge./CC by Adam Meier READ PART 2 HERE This week, the General Assembly will be back in Frankfort to continue its session. What does this mean for Northern Kentucky (NKY) residents? Time, once again, to talk about the Brent Spence Bridge (BSB), tolls, […]
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Governors Will Rely on Tolls to Fund Brent Spence Project
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Ohio Governor John Kasich held a press conference Wednesday discussing the Brent Spence Bridge replacement project./PL Calling any further delay moving forward with a replacement plan for the Brent Spence Bridge a “roadblock for America,” Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Ohio Governor John Kasich unveiled their joint plan to finance […]
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New KY Program Will Back Startups, Small Businesses
Fort Thomas’s Towne Center district has seen five new businesses open in the last year./FTM file It’s becoming easier for investors to support Kentucky’s small businesses. Governor Steve Beshear today announced VenCap Kentucky, a new program designed to encourage small business and economic growth in the Commonwealth.
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Faster Internet is Coming to Kentucky
A new infrastructure for broadband service is coming to Kentucky/Provided A new public-private partnership will develop a robust, reliable, fiber “backbone” infrastructure to bring high-speed Internet connectivity to every corner of the Commonwealth – with the critical first components scheduled to be operational in less than two years. Governor Steve Beshear and U.S. Rep. Hal […]
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Governor Beshear: KY to Set National Standard for Healthcare Access Again
kynect, Kentucky’s healthcare marketplace, set the bar for similar programs around the country/provided Open enrollment through kynect, the state’s health benefit exchange, began over the weekend with a strong showing of interest from Kentuckians. Those who need health insurance are encouraged to log on or contact an insurance agent or kynector Nov. 15 through Feb. […]
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Beshear Points to Affordable Care Act in Fight Against NKY Heroin Epidemic
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear by PAT LaFLEUR Reporter, Fort Thomas Matters ERLANGER — Last week, during a Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon, KY Governor Steve Beshear reaffirmed his commitment to fighting the escalating heroin issue plaguing the region, WVXU reported Monday.