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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BREAKING: Veto on Tax Reform Overriden by Kentucky Legislature
The legislative session is winding down and the last remaining items of the agenda are becoming a little more clear. The Kentucky House voted 57 to 40 to override Gov. Matt Bevin’s veto on House Bill 366 (tax reform bill), while the Kentucky Senate voted to override 20-18. Deb Sheldon and her dog, Beans, show […]
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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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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 […]