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Kentucky Regulators Want Financial Assurances for Mill
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky regulators are requiring written financial assurances for a proposed aluminum mill in Greenup County, Kentucky. The requirement is part of regulators’ conditional approval of a $22.4 million Kentucky Power project to build power lines to the site. The Public Service Commission wants written assurances from Braidy Industries that it has… Read More
West Virginia Revenue Collections Up Again in October
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia has seen another month of revenue collections over estimates, though receipts were not as strong as the last few months. Gov. Jim Justice’s office announced over the weekend that General Fund revenue in October was $359.2 million, nearly $2.4 million over estimates and 1.5 percent above the previous year…. Read More
Amazon Plans Flights, Package-Sorting Operation at Airport
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WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) – Amazon says it will open an operation at an Ohio airport that will include daily flights and a package-sorting facility. Amazon’s statement Monday said the operation to open in 2019 at Wilmington Air Park in southwest Ohio will provide more capacity as the company continues to build out its central air… Read More
Kent State Security Fee for Gun-Rights Event Prompts Lawsuit
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CLEVELAND (AP) – A conservative advocacy group suing Kent State University officials argues the Ohio school is impeding free speech with a $1,800 fee to provide security for a planned gun-rights discussion at the student center. In a lawsuit this week, the group Liberty Hangout alleges it’s being treated unfairly because of its viewpoints and… Read More
Professor Sues Over Rebuke for Calling Transgender Students Male
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) – A professor is suing officials at his small, public university in Ohio after receiving a written warning for violating its nondiscrimination policy by not addressing a transgender student using the gender terms preferred by that student. Nicholas Meriwether filed a federal lawsuit this week against officials at Shawnee State University in… Read More
Deal Reached in Old Lawsuit Over Educating Disabled Students
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s Department of Education and an advocacy group have a proposed agreement to settle a 25-year-old lawsuit about the education of students with disabilities. The Columbus Dispatch reports more than 250,000 such students are expected to benefit from the agreement aimed at improving educational support for them and raising academic achievement…. Read More
FEMA Penalizes West Virginia Over Grant Requirements
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A report from the West Virginia legislative auditor’s office says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has penalized the state for not complying with grant requirements. News outlets cite the report as saying management deficiencies at the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management prompted FEMA to place West Virginia into… Read More
WVa Governor Calls Special Session On Suspended Justice
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CHARLETON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has called the state Legislature into special session next week to consider removal of suspended Justice Allen Loughry. The session is to convene Tuesday to consider matters including impeachment, trial and other issues. The West Virginia Supreme Court last month effectively halted the Legislature’s remaining efforts… Read More
Senate Leader: Trump Likely To Nominate New AG ‘Pretty Quickly’
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he expects President Donald Trump to nominate a new attorney general “pretty quickly” after Trump fired Jeff Sessions earlier this week. Speaking in Kentucky on Friday, McConnell said he expects acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to be “a very interim” attorney general. Democrats have criticized… Read More
Shots Fired at Urbana University Lead to Lockdown, 2 Arrests
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URBANA, Ohio (AP) – Gunshots fired inside a dormitory at a small liberal arts college in central Ohio have resulted in a lockdown and the arrest of two students. The Urbana Daily Citizen reports Urbana Police Chief Matt Lingrell says no one was injured Tuesday afternoon at Urbana University, roughly 45 miles (72 kilometers) west… Read More
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