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Today's News

  • State pension gap getting worse, not better

    By Kevin Wheatley
    The State Journal
    The funding gap in Kentucky’s pension plan for most state workers and retirees continues to widen while lawmakers hope to stop the bleeding in the upcoming budget session, actuaries told the Kentucky Retirement Systems’ Board of Trustees Thursday.

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  • Pickup loses its top
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  • Lawsuit would prevent pipeline company from using eminent domain

    By Ryan Quinn
    The State Journal
    A new nonprofit filed a lawsuit Thursday in Franklin Circuit Court seeking a ruling on whether Bluegrass Pipeline can use eminent domain in Kentucky.
    Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain is using the suit to determine the validity of Bluegrass Pipeline’s claim it has the power of eminent domain to build a natural gas liquids pipeline through the state.
    In cases of controversy, plaintiffs can sue under state law to seek a binding declaration of rights.

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  • Farm Bureau outlines priority issues during annual meeting

    Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) concluded its 94th annual meeting with its Board of Directors approving condensed lists of priority issues for 2014, according to a press release. The organization’s delegates adopted policy positions at its business session on Friday.
    Most of KFB’s chief concerns are ongoing, including maintaining funding for the state’s agricultural development initiative and opposing any attempt to freeze the state real property tax rate. Kentucky’s rural road fund and hefty wildlife population were other topics given top attention.

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  • Council unanimously passes amended Alcohol Beverage Control ordinance

    The Lawrenceburg City Council unanimously passed the second reading of its amended Alcohol Beverage Control ordinance 5-0 on Dec. 9, effectively allowing the sale of alcohol on Election Day due to new state law regulations.
    Senate Bill 13, passed by the Kentucky legislature in March 2013, allows for the sale of alcohol on Election Day in areas where beer, wine and liquor are normally sold.
    The new ABC law went into effect June 25, according to the Kentucky League of Cities.

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  • Local Farm Bureau receives
 2013 Women’s Gold Star Award of Excellence

    Recognized for the achievements of its women’s program this year, Anderson County Farm Bureau received the 2013 Gold Star Award of Excellence during Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual meeting in Louisville, according to a news release. The award honors women’s committees for active participation in leadership development programs, agricultural promotion, educational initiatives and numerous other aspects of support to the local Farm Bureau.

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  • Grad student uses Anderson News for ethics case study

    When it comes to publishing DUI photos in the newspaper, one Syracuse University journalism graduate student said if the decision were up to him, he would err on the side of caution.
    “In my opinion, just because you have access to public information doesn’t make it a story or right to do,” Adam Matula, a Newhouse School Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism master’s program student, said in a phone interview Sunday afternoon.

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  • Health department offering free flu shots while supplies last

    The Anderson County Health Department will offer free flu shots through Dec. 13 as part of National Influenza Week, the agency announced.
    The shots will be given until supplies are gone.
    The department’s hours are Monday through Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Friday from 8 to 11 a.m.
    The department is located at 1180 Glensboro Road. Call 839-4551 for more information.

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  • Surplus brings end to health department furloughs

    With its financial results better than expected nearly halfway through the fiscal year, the Anderson County Board of Health voted 7-2 Thursday to end employee furloughs — but only through March 2014.
    The decision marks the end of employees losing payroll hours each week for the past year and a half as the health department worked to overcome financial shortfalls brought on by a combination of issues, including the decision several years ago to construct a new building.

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  • Four Roses, union match Burgoo Cook Off fundraiser total
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