Filing deadline for annual reports approaching
Deadline fast approaches for all businesses entities in Kentucky to file their 2011 annual reports with the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office. All for-profit and…
Five Kentucky State Parks to offer alcohol sales
Five Kentucky State Parks may soon gain a new tool that will help them increase revenue. Gil Lawson, spokesman for the state’s Tourism, Arts and…
Study ranks Kentucky high in long-term care liability
The long-term care industry is no stranger to medical malpractice liabilities. These lawsuits are a major contributor to the increasing costs of long-term care, and…
Next phase of the Chamber’s Leaky Bucket to be revealed during Business Summit
Changing the dialogue in Frankfort is a challenge. But it’s possible when a compelling argument is based on well-researched facts and figures reinforced with recommendations…
Kentucky employers now have access to new hiring tool
Kentucky employers now have a new human resource decision-making tool. The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) is a work-related skills credential that will help ensure…
Kentucky Chamber testifies on proposed Title V emission fee increases
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce testified Monday, June 6, 2011 before the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) on a proposed increase…
State tax receipts increase again in May
In a sign that hopefully indicates Kentucky’s economy is still on the road to recovery, the state budget office released a statement today showing tax…
Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act on U.S. Chamber and White House agendas
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) – commonly known as No Child Left Behind – is the federal law that authorizes federally funded education…
Education legislation round-up – what’s next for Kentucky?
While Kentucky was busy this legislative session addressing the $166 million shortfall in the Medicaid budget and reforming the state’s overcrowded and financially unsustainable prison…
Small Business Week celebrates innovators and job creators
President Obama declared May 16-20, 2011, Small Business Week in America to recognize the contributions small businesses across the country make to our economy. According…