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Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston Wraps Up This Week in Frankfort

This week legislation has been flying around the house and senate in Frankfort, and somewhat surprisingly the house and senate came to an agreement on congressional districts. Kentucky Public Radio’s Kenny Colston speaks with Rick Howlett about the happenings in Kentucky’s State Capitol this week.

Here are a few stories Kenny covered this week:

  • After weeks of disagreement, new districts for Kentucky's six U.S. House seatswill become law.
  • Governor Steve Beshear says the problems with Kentucky s new Medicaid Managed Care system will be resolved.
  • Governor Steve Beshear has put together a bipartisan group of 23 Kentuckians to serve on histax commission.
  • Anewly-formed coalitionof businesses, unions and education groups have teamed up to get a constitutional amendment for gambling on the ballot in Kentucky.

 

Chad Lampe, a Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, was raised on radio. He credits his father, a broadcast engineer, for his technical knowledge, and his mother for the gift of gab. At ten years old he broke all bonds of the FCC and built his own one watt pirate radio station. His childhood afternoons were spent playing music and interviewing classmates for all his friends to hear. At fourteen he began working for the local radio stations, until he graduated high school. He earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Murray State, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication. In November, 2011, Chad was named Station Manager in 2016.
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