The Kentucky Senate Appropriations Committee has proposed a $150 million appropriation to establish a large biomedical campus in Covington, which would be housed at the former IRS site and would see the relocation of NKU’s Salmon P. Chase College of Law and the Highland Heights branch of University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine.
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Will St. E oppose new medical offices at former IRS site?
UPDATE: St. Elizabeth has issued a statement in response to Mayor Meyer’s line of questions at the meeting. You can read it here. —LINK nky editorial, Oct. 23., 2023. A Tuesday-night visit to the Covington Board of Commissioners from Kentucky Rep. Marianne Proctor (R-Union), who had come to speak out against medical certificate of need […]
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Covington raises property taxes amid changing labor conditions
The Covington Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to increase both real and personal property tax rates at a commission meeting Tuesday night. This increases the city’s real estate property tax rate from 0.271 cents to 0.277 cents per $100 of property valuation. It also increases the personal property tax rate from 0.328 cents to 0.359 […]
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4th Street bridge presentation draws agitators in Covington
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet gave a presentation this week on the progress of the 4th Street bridge replacement project at a meeting of the Covington Board of Commissioners. The meeting and presentation drew large numbers of agitators from the Coalition for Transit and Sustainable Development and the Devou Good Foundation, who spent the weeks leading […]
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City Heights residents will continue to get free Wi-Fi for the next six months
The Housing Authority of Covington’s Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to extend free Wi-Fi access to City Heights apartment complex residents for another six months at their meeting on Wednesday. The Wi-Fi is part of the Covington Connect program, established in 2020 as a partnership between the City of Covington, altafiber, Covington Independent Schools and […]
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Housing Authority of Covington begins planning for changes in internal workforce
The Housing Authority of Covington’s Board of Commissioners discussed the organization’s labor secession plan at their Wednesday meeting, which involves preparing for the departure of about 12 employees over the next three to five years due to retirement. Although the departure of every single employee isn’t guaranteed, the board broadly agreed that it was good […]
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Covington welcomes new police recruit
The City of Covington welcomed a new recruit to its police department on Monday, according to a recent announcement from the city. “It’s a lifelong dream to be a police officer,” Jackson Sora, the new recruit, said in the city’s press release. “Then I did a ride-along during my freshman year of college, and I […]