Government

The state's top budget official is reporting an 8.3 percent increase in General Fund revenue in May, largely thanks to improved collections from the sales tax, individual income taxes and property taxes.

Budget Director Jane Driskell released a monthly revenue report on Monday. The report showed property tax collections increased by 75.2 percent in May. Individual income tax receipts rose by 8.3 percent. And sales tax receipts were up 5.2 percent.

Western Kentucky public health departments could expect more than a million dollars in reimbursements from Medicaid-Managed Care Organization Kentucky Spirit. 

Kentucky contracts with MCOs to offer insurance benefits to Medicaid users. 

Early last week, Franklin County Circuit Judge Philip Shepard issued a 13-page order that the Missouri-based care provider pay $8 million to the state. 

This comes after the Commonwealth claimed Kentucky Spirit never paid health departments for Medicaid programs.

While the media focuses on several sexual assault scandals rising out of military ranks, Fort Campbell officials are working to address the issue head on. Thursday, leaders at the base summoned local reporters to reinforce their commitment to eradicating such crimes.

Capt. Adriana Pin, chemical officer in the 1st Brigade, stood in her uniform at the Poncho Villa Grille near the installation’s main gate after finishing a meal with several male soldiers.

In a sport where 1,000-pound thoroughbreds stampede down the racetrack, there are inherent risks. Those hazards occasionally turn into tragedy. As a result, Kentucky horse-racing regulators are looking at creating an equine mortality review committee in the latest attempt to reduce horse deaths. The panel would dig into details about each horse leading up to its life-ending injury.

Kentucky's emergency management agency has a new assistant director of administration. Kentucky Emergency Management Director John Heltzel says Stephanie Robey will fill the position. Robey has been the Kentucky Emergency Management’s recovery branch manager for more than four years.