Kentucky launches Selling Farmers Tax Credit Program to help sustain agricultural industry
Kentucky has launched a new program offering farmers incentives for selling their property to beginning farmers, an effort to further…
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Strategic initiative for transformational employment announced by Department of Workforce Investment
The Department for Workforce Investment (DWI), within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, has partnered with several agencies to enhance…
Kentucky Lottery sales dip from a year ago this time; no large jackpots are main culprit in 2019
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation’s board of directors announced sales for the first four months of the fiscal year were lower…
Sixteen Kentucky State Resort Parks will host annual Thanksgiving Day buffet and serve thousands
Sixteen Kentucky State Resort Parks will host thousands of guests for the annual Thanksgiving Day buffet on Nov. 28. The…
KY awarded grant for Appalachian Opportunity Zone Initiative to spur investment in distressed counties
The commonwealth has been named the recipient of a $1.2 million federal grant to establish the Appalachian Opportunity Zone Initiative….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky deer harvest strong heading into final weekend of modern gun season
The deer harvest is strong heading into the final weekend of modern gun season, the highlight of Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting…
State news: Cameron appoints Barry Dunn deputy AG; new first lady announces poster contest
Kentucky Today Deputy Attorney General Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron has naemed Barry Dunn to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the…
Hemp application period underway, deadline for growers is March 15; summit Dec. 4 in Louisville
The window to apply for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s 2020 hemp licensing program is now open, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan…
Real I.D., really? It’s taking a while, and newest idea is to set up regional offices around the state for them
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today State lawmakers heard an update on Kentucky’s effort to implement the federal Real ID law…
Analysis: In the election this year, it really was cities, close-in suburbs where a big shift happened
By Bill Bishop The Daily Yonder This time, it really was the cities and suburbs. The television maps of Kentucky’s…
Death penalty disappearing, eroding in many states across the U.S., including Kentucky
Public News Service Use of the death penalty is disappearing from entire sections of the United States, and eroding in…
Speedway Motorsports receives 2019 President’s Veterans Recognition Award from Coca-Cola
In honor of its commitment to saluting the United States Armed Forces, Speedway Motorsports was named the recipient of the…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Cooper’s Hawk is a winged hunter with awe-inspiring aerial skills
Hunters who spend a lot of time afield in the fall are likely to observe all sorts of amazing animal…
Pew Trusts: Many farmers struggle as hemp harvest winds down and marked suffer growing pains
By Sophie Quinton and April Simpson Pew Charitable Trusts Ajit Singh strode across his 16-acre hemp field toward a broken-down…
Governor-Elect Andy Beshear unveils transition website; you can apply for a place in administration
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Governor-elect Andy Beshear unveiled a website for his gubernatorial transition on Tuesday. The website is…
It got colder — and white, wet stuff fell from the sky — our first snowfall of the season; drive with caution
Kentucky got its first measurable snowfall of the season Monday night into this morning and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is…
Drought is officially over in all 120 Kentucky counties; recent rains eliminated deficits
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Office of the State Climatologist, in coordination with the Kentucky Drought Mitigation…
Beshear team moving ahead on transition plans — by the book; inauguration day is December 10
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today While the voting results in the November General Election for Governor await the outcome of…
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife debuts crime-fighting app; get it at iTunes App Store, Google Play Store
Need to report suspected illegal activity related to fish, wildlife or boating to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Cast iron cookware used by generations of Kentucky’s cooks
Venerable cast iron cookware has a place in the hearts of generations of Kentucky cooks who love to prepare traditional…
Commerce Lexington delegation visiting Northern Kentucky for two days to listen, learn about region
Commerce Lexington Inc. revived a long-ago tradition in 2009 of visiting other regions of Kentucky with the idea of listening…
Democrat Andy Beshear takes governor’s office; Republicans win all down-ticket constitutional offices
Kentucky Today and Staff Report Republicans took all constitutional offices Tuesday, but Democrats took the prize — the Governor’s race….