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On behalf of Gov. Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear, the Kentucky Arts Council is coordinating the selection and installation of an exhibition of visual arts to be on display in the Capitol April 26 – May 10, 2010, in conjunction with the Governor's Derby Celebration activities. All Kentucky artists are invited to submit digital images of original, two-dimensional work with an equine or spring theme; other Kentucky representations will also be considered. The deadline for submission is March 26,  

The workshop, hosted by the Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence (DEDI) and the Kentucky National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project, is dedicated to providing information for school decision makers and will be held March 23-24 at the Embassy Suites in Lexington, Ky. "Kentucky has quickly moved from the end of the line to the front of the pack nationally in energy conservation, thanks in large part to innovative, informative programs like the High Performance Sustainable Sc  

EMAILWIRE.COM , March 16, 2010 ) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Several Kentucky tourism attractions have been recognized in Get Out! Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards.  

When it comes to education, few days in recent years could rival March 4, when the state learned in the morning that it is a "Race to the Top" finalist and the Kentucky House voted overwhelmingly that afternoon to begin the process of raising the high school drop-out age from 16 to 18. "Race to the Top" is a $4 billion program that Congress authorized last year to reward those states showing a true commitment to education reform. Kentucky and 39 other states, as well as Washington, D.C., submitted appli  

FRANKFORT , Ky. – Several Kentucky tourism attractions have been recognized in Get Out! Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards.  

Although it is rare for humans to pick up a disease from a horse, education on the subject is the best source of prevention, and the Saddle Up Safely campaign addresses diseases, clinical signs and professional advice in a new booklet on this topic. The five-year campaign is a unique collaboration of expertise and participation between University of Kentucky and community sponsors and partners, including the campaign's spokesperson, Kentucky's First Lady Jane Beshear. "In addition to reducing the numb  

Although it is rare for humans to pick up a disease from a horse, education on the subject is the best source of prevention, and the Saddle Up Safely campaign addresses diseases, clinical signs and professional advice in a new booklet on this topic. The five-year campaign is a unique collaboration of expertise and participation between University of Kentucky and community sponsors and partners, including the campaign's spokesperson, Kentucky's First Lady Jane Beshear. "In addition to reducing the numb  

Kentucky lawmakers pass a bill to raise Kentucky's high school dropout age from 16 to 18. House Bill 301 drew endorsements from first lady Jane Beshear and basketball player, Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The bill would raise the dropout age to 17 in 2013, and to 18 the following year.

Most of the students who drop out have significant personal issues in their life and there are things that sometimes the school system, and child and family can't overcome without additional resources   -David Johnson

 

A bill to raise Kentucky's school dropout age from 16 to 18 passed the House Thursday after a lengthy, sometimes impassioned debate. The vote on House Bill 301, which now goes to the Senate, was 94-6. "It is a crisis in Kentucky, folks, said Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg, the sponsor of HB 301. "We should be ashamed and we have an opportunity to change that here today."  

Two men charged in connection with an early-morning robbery at a Richmond convenience store appeared in Madison Circuit Court on Wednesday for a pretrial conference. Billie A. Masters, 45, is charged with first-degree robbery in the Dec. 9 incident at the Dairy Mart convenience store on Commercial Drive. The alleged getaway driver, James Reynolds Robinson, 46, was indicted on complicity to commit first-degree robbery and a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge.