Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and other governors this week. He plans to ask for federal help in covering state expenses.
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has a history lesson both President-elect Barack Obama and Gov. Steve Beshear would do very well to pay attention to: "Important lessons on our current crisis can be drawn from Japan’s “lost decade” in the 1990s, where deeply flawed policy responses lead to a protracted period of stagnation. In the early 1990s, Japan experienced a sharp economic slowdown resulting...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Gov. Steve Beshear has penned a newspaper guest column that appears at least partly directed at Northern Kentucky Republicans.
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
I wish I had thought of this one, but credit goes to Andy Hightower at the Kentucky Club for Growth for adding up the numbers and finding the hole in Gov. Steve Beshear's fiscal plan: "... he's either expecting to raise taxes, or not expecting the $456 million shortfall to materialize." Read the rest of Andy's post here . Just plug in your efficiency study , Governor, and everything will be...
Kentucky Club for Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
Governor Beshear isn't the only politican who likes the taxpayers to fly him around. The Courier-Journal reports on State Legislator trips since January 2006, totaling $1.3 million. Senator Tom Buford tops the list with 29 trips in that time, followed...
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gov. Steve Beshear's endless trail of blue ribbon work groups continues Tuesday with a swipe at college education affordability. Here's the great part: the meeting features Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary Jonathan "Skippy" Miller giving introductory remarks, offering a discussion of priorities for a January meeting, and addressing meeting topics and issues for further meeting till...
Jesus' General (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Rep. Tom Riner Kentucky House of Representatives Dear Rep. Riner , It's a shame that Gov. Beshear refused to follow the law and include the phrase , "The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God" in the state Homeland Security Departments annual report. I'm very worried about this. God's protected Kentucky well since you passed the bill--as...
Kentucky Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Apparently if you’re a politician advancing a liberal agenda, you are above the need to provide common courtesy, at least according to David Hawpe. Recently, Governor Beshear and some other Kentucky politicians wrote a letter to President Bush regarging some federal...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... support rules that may be subject to arbitrary administration or enforcement," Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear wrote in a letter last month to the EPA. Gov. Beshear said the proposed rule change would threaten Kentucky's ability to protect its natural resources, including water and streams. In a separate letter to the EPA dated Nov. 14, Tennessee's governor, Phil Bredesen, said the rule...
Aftermath News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Ernie Fletcher, who prominently credited God in annual reports to state leaders. But Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration didn’t credit God in its 2008 Homeland Security report issued last month. “We certainly expect it to be there, of course,” Riner, D-Louisville, told the Lexington Herald-Leader. The law that organized the Homeland Security office first lists Homeland Security’s duty to...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Haven't we seen this picture before? Gov. Steve Beshear tells us the state has a $500 million deficit and plans to ask the legislature to approve an increase in the cigarette tax. So far, all four of Northern Kentucky's senators have said forget it.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Gov. Beshear is responding to criticism from Republicans, in a conciliatory statement that calls for bipartisanship in addressing the state's budget problems. Read Gov. Beshear's column
Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... seen in 35 years of practicing law. It’s breathtakingly unconstitutional,” Kagin said. Gov. Steve Beshear’s office had not seen the suit and therefore had no comment, spokesman Jay Blanton said. The requirement to credit God for Kentucky’s protection was tucked into 2006 homeland security legislation by state Rep. Tom Riner, D-Louisville, a Southern Baptist minister. “This is recognition...
Politics Index (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Ernie Fletcher, who prominently credited God in annual reports to state leaders. But Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration didn’t credit God in its 2008 Homeland Security report issued last month. “We certainly expect it to be there, of course,” Riner, D-Louisville, told the Lexington Herald-Leader. The law that organized the Homeland Security office first lists Homeland Security’s duty to...
The Business First of Louisville (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
KCTCS officials, along with officials of other state-supported colleges and universities, have been asked by the Gov. Steve Beshear to prepare a report on the impact of an additional 4 percent, or $8.8 million, cut during the current fiscal year, according to a news release.
