Feb 17 Local News Beshear Promotes Gaming Bill in Weekly Address Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear used his weekly YouTube address to promote the constitutional amendment to legalize expanded gaming in the state. Earlier this week, the governor and state Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, unveiled the legislation to allow gaming in up to seven locations across the commonwealth. The legislation would permit five casino’s at horse racetracks […] By WFPL News Feb 17 Local News Beshear Promotes Gaming Bill in Weekly Address WFPL News
Feb 14 Local News Gambling Amendment Would Allow Up to Seven Casinos After weeks of waiting, Governor Steve Beshear and state Senator Damon Thayer have unveiled their constitutional amendment for expanded gambling. The amendment allows for up to seven casinos in Kentucky, but five must be at horse racing tracks. The two free-standing casinos cannot be within sixty miles of a track, regardless of whether that track […] By Kenny Colston Feb 14 Local News Gambling Amendment Would Allow Up to Seven Casinos Kenny Colston
Jan 20 Local News Beshear Signs Redistricting Bill, Decries Process Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear will sign the controversial redistricting bill approved by the General Assembly earlier this week, but decried partisanship and the “personal vindictiveness” that resulted in state Sen. Kathy Stein, D-Lexington, losing her seat. The state legislature passed the new legislative maps Thursday, which moves Stein’s downtown Lexington district to northeastern Kentucky and […] By WFPL News Jan 20 Local News Beshear Signs Redistricting Bill, Decries Process WFPL News
Jan 18 Local News KCEP Urges Tax Reform Over Expanded Gaming Leaders with the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy are calling on state leaders to tackle tax reform to address the commonwealth’s economic woes. Governor Steve Beshear plans to close the state’s $742 million spending gap by cutting many state agencies by up to 8.4 percent and using a number of other measures, including taking $100 […] By WFPL News Jan 18 Local News KCEP Urges Tax Reform Over Expanded Gaming WFPL News
Dec 30 Local News Fischer Reacts to Hospital Merger Rejection Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer released the following statement in reaction to Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s decision to reject the merger between University of Louisville Hospital, Jewish/St. Mary’s Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives. From the mayor’s office: “Now that this critical decision has been made, we need to understand how the affected hospitals will operate […] By WFPL News Dec 30 Local News Fischer Reacts to Hospital Merger Rejection WFPL News
Dec 28 Local News Beshear Will Make Decision on Hospital Merger, Move Aggressively on Gaming Amendment Facing a challenging budget for the upcoming General Assembly, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is promising to lobby state lawmakers aggressively for a constitutional amendment on expanding gaming. A recent poll showed 87 percent of voters want the issue to be on the November 2012 ballot. The survey also found 64 percent of Kentuckians would favor […] By WFPL News Dec 28 Local News Beshear Will Make Decision on Hospital Merger, Move Aggressively on Gaming Amendment WFPL News
Dec 27 Local News Beshear Orders Review of Proposal to Add University of Pikeville to State System After two prominent eastern Kentucky leaders pushed for the private University of Pikeville to become a state-supported institution, Governor Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that a study on the feasibility of adding the college to the state system will begin immediately. Over the past few weeks, former Governor Paul Patton, who is now president of UPIKE, […] By WFPL News Dec 27 Local News Beshear Orders Review of Proposal to Add University of Pikeville to State System WFPL News
Dec 15 Local News Williams Will Remain State Senate President Despite losing to Democratic Governor Steve Behsear by a whopping 20-point margin in the November 8 general election, Republican state Senate President David Williams will retain his leadership position. According to state Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, the 23-member GOP caucus met late Thursday at its annual retreat to discuss its agenda and leadership, where it […] By WFPL News Dec 15 Local News Williams Will Remain State Senate President WFPL News
Dec 1 Local News Beshear Will Bring Up Gaming in 2012 Session Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear says casino gambling will be on the agenda for next year’s legislative session and voters have delivered a clear message for lawmakers to work with him on the issue. The governor was in Louisville Thursday, speaking at the 92nd annual Kentucky Farm Bureau meeting. Previous efforts to get the proposal through […] By WFPL News Dec 1 Local News Beshear Will Bring Up Gaming in 2012 Session WFPL News
Nov 29 Local News Beshear Orders Two Percent Cuts to State Spending Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is ordering most state agencies to cut their budgets by two percent for the current fiscal year, but that will not be enough to close a $190 million budget shortfall. The decision was announced by State Budget Director Mary Lassiter at a joint budget committee meeting Tuesday. The plan will not […] By WFPL News Nov 29 Local News Beshear Orders Two Percent Cuts to State Spending WFPL News
Nov 7 Local News Kentuckians Set to Elect Statewide Officers (AUDIO) Election Day is Tuesday and Kentuckians are set to elect their statewide officers, including governor, attorney general and secretary of state. The race for governor is being setup as a landslide loss for Republican David Williams that could turn into a shellacking for the entire GOP slate. The state Senate President has trailed Democratic incumbent […] By WFPL News Nov 7 Local News Kentuckians Set to Elect Statewide Officers (AUDIO) WFPL News
Nov 1 Local News Williams Slams Beshear for Hindu Ceremony Speaking to a crowd of supporters, Republican gubernatorial candidate David Williams criticized Democratic Governor Steve Beshear on Tuesday for participating in a Hindu religious ceremony ground blessing for an Indian-owned company. Last week, Beshear announced Flex Films was building a manufacturing plant in Elizabethtown that would create 250 jobs. He joined other community leaders in […] By WFPL News Nov 1 Local News Williams Slams Beshear for Hindu Ceremony WFPL News
Nov 1 Local News Williams’s Wife Featured in Latest Ad With the gubernatorial election one week away, the campaign for Republican David Williams has released another ad that doesn’t feature the candidate in its final push. In the 30-second spot, former District Court Judge Robyn Williams criticizes Democratic incumbent Steve Beshear for “running a nasty campaign” and tells voters they aren’t being told the truth […] By WFPL News Nov 1 Local News Williams’s Wife Featured in Latest Ad WFPL News
Oct 27 Local News Analysis Shows Williams Heading Towards ‘Historic Loss’ in Kentucky A review of past Kentucky elections shows Republican gubernatorial candidate David Williams is headed towards one of the worst defeats since the Reconstruction era in 1870, according to Smart Politics. With Williams trailing Democratic incumbent Steve Beshear by 31-points in the polls two weeks before Election Day, national observers are paying attention to what could […] By WFPL News Oct 27 Local News Analysis Shows Williams Heading Towards ‘Historic Loss’ in Kentucky WFPL News
Oct 25 Local News Williams Attacks Abramson in New Ad Republican gubernatorial candidate David Williams released a new campaign ad Tuesday that criticizes former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, who is the running mate of Democratic Governor Steve Beshear in the fall election. The 30-second spot features the two men from previous Williams commercials talking about controversies from Abramson’s tenure as mayor and his positions on […] By WFPL News Oct 25 Local News Williams Attacks Abramson in New Ad WFPL News