Progress slow and difficult in Frankfort
The 2012 session of the Kentucky General Assembly and the subsequent special session illustrate that progress and compromise on key issues remain difficult to achieve. After…
Business Summit will feature session on workforce trends and growth
We know you, as a small business leader, care about Kentucky’s future. Be a part of the conversation to shape the course of our state….
Chamber-backed mobile workforce bill passes U.S. House
The U.S. House passed an important measure backed by the Kentucky Chamber that will simplify the state taxation of employees who travel to work in…
Academic standards in Kentucky
Long term care operator pulls out of Kentucky, cites difficult legal climate
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust announced recently that its wholly owned subsidiary, Extendicare Health Services, Inc. (EHSI) has entered into an agreement to lease all…
Tax commission completes third meeting, now heads across state
A commission appointed to make recommendations to improve Kentucky’s tax code held its third meeting earlier this week in Frankfort. The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission…
Kentucky Chamber urges tax commission to ensure competitiveness
Ensuring Kentucky’s competitiveness should be a key element of the work of a commission reviewing the state’s tax system, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce said…
Chamber to testify at EPA hearings
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will participate in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearings, in Frankfort on June 5 and Pikeville on…
Chamber signs letter of support to streamline environmental permitting process
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce joined other business organizations from across the country today to strongly support the “Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act…
Governor’s press release on health care exchanges
The Chamber signed on to a press release from the governor’s office on May 3 announcing that if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is upheld…