Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn "No Significant Environmental Impact" finding for $3.6B Ohio-Kentucky Bridge
"The group, Devou Good Project Inc., is asking a federal judge to declare that the agencies and officials violated the National Environmental Policy Act by overlooking health and environmental impacts when it issued a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) instead of preparing a full environmental impact statement."
Frankfort, KY new Transit Center officially opened
"It includes a large public waiting area, public restrooms, vending area, administrative offices, dispatch center, and training room. Once fully operational, the buses and vans will meet outside the Transit Center for passenger transfers."
Sounds nice! I wish the article had some pictures. They also included a new parking garage, it seems. Was it really necessary?
Manhunt underway after 5 people injured in Kentucky shooting near Interstate 75, officials say
"The active shooter situation occurred near Interstate 75, about nine miles north of the city of London, where “numerous persons have been shot,” said the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office. Responding deputies later discovered nine vehicles had been shot into on both north and southbound lanes of the interstate."
Numerous people shot in Kentucky near Interstate 75, officials say | CNN
A second public university in Kentucky closes its diversity office under GOP lawmakers’ pressure
Northern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky have both shuttered their DEI offices in the last couple of weeks.
NKU President Cady Short-Thompson: “The legislative priorities of state leaders for the upcoming session, require universities to change"
Surface coal mining worsened deadly Eastern Kentucky floods in July 2022, study shows
"With surface coal mining, trees and soil are removed, and rock on the side and top of a mountain is blown off with explosives to reach a coal seam underneath... study shows surface coal mining made the floods “significantly worse.”
Kentucky: Why do bicyclists not have to pay road usage tax?
"The simplest answer is because bicycles aren’t motor vehicles.
The Department of Revenue says the “Motor Vehicle Usage Tax is a tax on the privilege of using a motor vehicle upon the public highways of Kentucky and shall be separate and distinct from all other taxes imposed by the Commonwealth. That six percent tax is paid on every motor vehicle used in Kentucky."
Good Question: Why do bicyclists not have to pay road usage tax?
Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one
'First, EVs will have to pay an additional $120 registration fee every year, over and above the normal registration fees for all vehicles....But on top of this, public EV charging stations in Kentucky now have to pay an additional 3 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity distributed, and an additional 3 cents for those chargers that are on state property."
Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one
Pies and Pints, Lexington. Tried a Mirror Twin Sun Striker and a Gravely Pineapple Debaser #beer #kentucky
Exciting changes in store for #Louisville !
The multimillion-dollar 'Reimagine Ninth Street’ Plan will transform the six-lane thoroughfare into a street that's more pedestrian friendly with dedicated bus lanes and green space. The ‘Broadway All the Way’ project will work to improve one of the busiest streets in the Metro by adding bus rapid transit and enhancing pedestrian and bus shelters.
Louisville secures $24 million in federal funds for major transportation projects
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Is A World-Class Bike Trip
"Kentucky is next level in terms of politeness...Everyone waves you through intersections and yields politely to let you in when turning, and in 5 days and over 200 miles, I did not experience a single rude driver, comment, or gesture or even once have a car come what I consider too close."
For Cyclists The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Is A World-Class Bike Trip