Highland alumni (1990) and University of Louisville Women’s Basketball Head Coach, Jeff Walz, was the keynote speaker at the Highlands Alumni Association dinner Friday night at the Highland Country Club. A sold out event listened to Walz talk about his rise amongst the coaching elite, his time in Fort Thomas and at Highlands and thoughts […]
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Here’s What’s at Stake if the Governor’s Vetos Stay
With a pension reform bill signed into law by Governor Matt Bevin and subsequent veto of bills covering the state budget (HB 200), CERS phase-in (SB 362) and tax reform (HB 366), public educators are again gearing up to make their voices heard in the state Capitol as the 2018 legislative session winds down. Schools […]
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Gov. Bevin Just Vetoed The Budget and Tax Reform Bills, Here’s What’s Next
Gov. Matt Bevin made his intentions known today on the recently passed budget bill (HB 200) and tax reform bill (HB 366), when he addressed the Commonwealth in a nearly forty-minute address on his Facebook page. He plans to veto both bills. WATCH: Legislators estimated the tax bill they approved a week ago would raise […]
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Johnson Elementary Gets $7 Million for New School
The Kentucky budget, known as House Bill 200 this year, was adopted in the free conference committee in the Kentucky legislature with the help of a major tax reform bill introduced in the eleventh hour that will raise an estimated $230 million dollars in new revenue. RELATED: A full list of the budget bill with […]
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House Bill Budget Bill 200 Adopted with the Following Changes
Adopt the provisions of HB 200 with the following changes:
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Senate Currently Debating Major Tax Reform That Would Raise Revenues, Fund Pensions
A 31-page document detailing the compromises for budget bill HB 200 was distributed by the Kentucky Senate Majority Caucus today. The free conference committee was tasked with negotiating the budget items from HB 200 after the House and Senate’s versions of the bill differed. The passage of the budget bill will now be dependent on […]
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Fort Thomas Education Community to Participate in Walk-In to Protest Budget Bill
Fort Thomas teachers and staff will be joining a growing statewide protest for proposed Kentucky budget cuts directed at school districts and, as they see it, a lack of a viable pension reform bill. District employees are planning a walk-in on Monday, 3-26-18 beginning at 7:15 a.m. at each of the five public schools in […]