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Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet News Release
Study On Future Of State Park System Planned
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Marcheta Sparrow has announced that a study of the Kentucky State Parks will be conducted to help plan for the future of the park system.
Once the study is complete, a task force appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear will be asked to develop a strategic plan for the park system.
 LEXINGTON, Ky. – Gov. Steve Beshear today announced that more than $586,000 in Transportation Enhancement funding will be invested in improvements at Blue Grass Airport in preparation for an event that will draw visitors to Kentucky from around the globe – the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Dana will lay off 260 workers at its factory in Elizabethtown according to the Courier Journal. Dana makes parts for the Ford F-150 truck.
.jpg) The Bowling Green Daily News is reporting that the move by GM to restructure after the stock went below $10 a share for the first time since 1954 will affect the Bowling Green Corvette plant there.
Governor Beshear Announces DESA Heating Products
to Expand to Bowling Green Facility,
Move Production Back From China
 WHAS11) - The Kentucky Agriculture Department is complaining that it doesn’t have enough money to inspect all the gas pumps and amusement rides in Kentucky.
But they had enough money to send 53 employees to a conference in Lexington and pay for hotel rooms for several of them.
"If you haven’t heard, the four giants of the oil industry, Exxon-Mobil, Shell, Total and BP are watering at the mouth over “no bid” Iraqi oil concessions, an unthinkable result with Saddam in power. Ask whether the oil companies got what they wanted from Bush. And ask whether 4,000+ Americans have died for the sake of big oil companies and all their greed. .."
 Freedom Fest in Murray brought out floats, spectators and of course, politicians. Thanks to kilowat who took the pictures.
By: Ivan C. Potter Publisher West Kentucky Journal of Politics & Issues
 UPDATE: The City Council voted to study the cost of taking out the wall - after this editorial was printed in Mississippi River Journal.
Want to address the Clinton City Council? Step up to a window and state your piece. The Council walled itself off to the tune of $1600 that the City of Clinton can ill afford.
On Monday evening, Kim DeRenard of the Purchase Area Development District (PADD) mentioned in passing at the City Council meeting that the Clinton sewer application may be delayed because Kentucky’s bonding status is now negative.
Huh?...
 Each year, on the day after July 4, St. Denis Catholic Church holds a daylong celebration for local families, and their kinfolk who come home to visit, to raise money for the church Between 6,000 and 7,000 adults and children attend for the bingo, games, music, and barbecue.
By: Anita Bugg - Mississippi River Journal
 There are currently thirty six employees at the Wickliffe location and James says he expects that number to grow to around 100 people in the next twelve to eighteen months. “Once we have 3-4 docks, the number of employees should grow to about one hundred twenty-five,” according to James.
 The 4th of July is a day for picnics, fireworks and barbecues. Sometimes, we Americans need to remind ourselves of what we celebrate. We publish here the full text of the Declaration. The very name of the document "Declaration" means it was meant to be read aloud to the people (most of whom were illiterate at the time). To honor the day, take a few minutes to read it aloud.
The Jefferson Jackson Democratic Dinner at the Curris Center on the campus of Murray State University had a capacity crowd with Democrats from around the region. We wandered around with a camera snapping pictures.
 The mainstream press is reporting that Paducah may be the site of the first in the nation coal to liquification (CTL) plant. Clean Coal Power, LLC, received approval from the Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet for incentives up to $550 million.
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Steve Beshear today announced that the state is partnering with the newly created Western Kentucky Carbon Storage Foundation to advance the science of long-term carbon storage opportunities in the Commonwealth.
Some of you might remember a coal liquefaction pilot plant that operated in Catlettsburg in the early 80s. The plant was operated by Ashland Oil under a Department of Energy contract.
By: Daniel Petty, Special to Stateline.org
As fuel prices across the country pass $4 a gallon, many states are offering motorists at the start of the summer driving season suggestions and some solutions for relief.
Plans pursued by states range from widely discussed proposals to suspend gas taxes to exploring flex-time hours for state employees and allowing campers to store their recreational vehicles longer at state parks. Some motorists, as well, are cutting back their driving or taking advantage of vacation destinations closer to home.
In the face of $4-a-gallon gasoline, a growing number of states are offering their employees four-day workweeks to help relieve commuting costs and save on state energy bills.
In the boldest step so far, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) announced June 26 that he is imposing a four-day workweek on about 17,000 state employees starting the first week of August and continuing for at least a year. Employees will work 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and about 1,000 of the 3,000 state buildings will be closed on Fridays. Essential services, such as highway patrols, courts, public schools and colleges, will not be affected by the changes, which are expected to save the state $3 million, said Lisa Roskelley, the governor’s spokeswoman.
Converting coal into clean energy won’t be cheap, easy or instant. Other countries, like China and India, are spending billions of dollars on their coal liquefaction programs...
There are questions that should be asked and answered before billions of dollars are spent on building and firing up coal liquefaction plants. Our past history with new technologies, especially energy technologies, has been one of build first, ask questions later.
The Washington Post reported on January 10, 2007, before Barack Obama became a household name that he cosponsored a bill supporting the extended  use of coal with a Senator whose name caught us by surprise.
Make the jump to find out who Obama's co-sponsor was of the Coal to Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007..
UPDATE: The Governor was absent but other Dem pols made the scene. Pictures will be forthcoming as soon as we can sort through the bunch we took.
The Governor will be in Paducah Monday at 1:00 to talk about the pension bill. He will then go to Owensboro to talk to firefighters at 3:30 that afternoon.
Where he will not be is in Murray Monday evening for the biggest gathering of West Kentucky Democrats before the Fancy Farm Picnic.
 We have a friend who says our news depresses her. We have some health tips that might bring a smile to her face and yours.
Read on...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for May 2008 rose to 6.2 percent from April 2008’s revised 5.6 percent, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education Cabinet. May 2007’s jobless rate was 5.6 percent.
UPDATE: Senate votes 35-1 for passage of House Bill 1 on Friday morning. As expected, a few minutes after the Senate adjourned, the House also passed the bill in record time.
The bottom line seems to be there isn’t enough money in the retirement system to keep going as it is going. Since current employees by law cannot have their retirement benefits lessened, new employees will get fewer pension dollars, smaller increases based on inflation and will have to contribute more to their insurance.
We take a brief, confused look at HB 1 by comparing it to HB 600, a similar bill from the 2008 Regular Session.
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