UPDATE: 8/7/09 - Friday afternoon - Governor Beshear appoints Larry Hayes as Cabinet Secretary. Budget Chief Mary Lassiter will take over as Secretary of the Cabinet
On August 5th, 2009, the Economic Development Partnership Board voted to accept a report from its consultant for a national search in selecting a new leader for economic development in Kentucky. As a result, Governor Beshear was handed three names from which to choose the next Secretary for the Economic Cabinet.
...Sources close to the situation expect that the name at the top of the list, Larry Hayes, has the job if he wants it.
