Action Alert: Urge legislators to pass bills essential to growing hospitality industry
Kentucky’s spirit, wine and beer industries are growing and attracting visitors from all over the world, but archaic laws are holding these industries back from…
Economy
Overtime rule reclassification will hurt employees and employers
The Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing a reclassification of what defines employee overtime eligibility. Under current regulations, a worker qualifies for overtime pay if…
Kentucky Chamber president reacts to Bevin’s first budget proposal
In his first State of the Commonwealth Budget Address, Governor Matt Bevin proposed making some deep budget cuts in order to find money for the…
Bevin budget proposal centered around pensions, cuts coming in other areas
In his first State of the Commonwealth Budget Address, Governor Matt Bevin proposed making some deep budget cuts in order to find money for the…
Chamber CEO talks right to work and prevailing wage on KET
Kentucky Chamber President and CEO Dave Adkisson spoke about the need for right to work legislation in the state and the challenges behind prevailing wage…
Barr talks federal spending, banking issues and working with Gov. Bevin in Kentucky Chamber interview
Kentucky U.S. Rep. Andy Barr believes many of the spending bills moving through Congress currently will have a positive impact on business and says he…
Presenting Both Sides: KentuckyWired project to bring government-owned broadband to state
A project to bring high-speed broadband to underserved parts of the state through a government-owned fiber network has been touted as a way to bring…
Bevin names John Chilton as state budget director
Governor-Elect Matt Bevin announced Tuesday that John E. Chilton will be State Budget Director. Chilton, co-founder of Mountjoy, Chilton and Medley CPAs and Advisors, is…
Kentucky Retirement System requests comprehensive audit called for by Ky. Chamber
Ten months after the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce called on the state auditor to conduct a comprehensive performance audit of the woefully underfunded Kentucky Retirement…
Bevin says laws causing “fast track to incarceration” for low-level offenses should be reevaluated at federal and state level
Republican governor’s race candidate Matt Bevin says he is in favor of felony expungement and the restoration of felon voting rights for low-level offenses depending…