Tag: Andy Beshear

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Simmons College of Kentucky Students Made Eligible for Kentucky Tuition Grant

Students at Simmons College of Kentucky are eligible for the Kentucky Tuition Grant – nearly $3,000 value – due to a new bill signed into law by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Wave 3 News reported. Senate Bill 270 was signed into law earlier this month. The law also gives a $200,000 provisional pilot program to […]

April 22, 2021

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Kentucky Supreme Court Agrees to Hear University of Louisville Suit

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s highest court has agreed to fast track a lawsuit between the state’s Republican governor and Democratic attorney general over the leadership of the University of Louisville. Kentucky Chief Justice John Minton issued an order on Monday ordering the Court of Appeals to transfer the case to the state Supreme Court. Gov. […]

January 9, 2017

Kentucky Governor Won’t Fight Decision Banning Him from Cutting College Budgets

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― Kentucky’s Republican governor has accepted the state Supreme Court’s decision banning him from cutting college budgets without legislative approval, officially closing the first of several legal challenges brought against him since he took office in December. A spokeswoman for Matt Bevin confirmed Thursday that he did not ask the state’s highest court […]

October 13, 2016

Judge Permanently Blocks Governor’s Order Abolishing University of Louisville Board

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A Kentucky judge has blocked efforts by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to replace the board of trustees at the University of Louisville, setting up a likely battle before the state Supreme Court. The ruling from Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on Wednesday permanently blocks an executive order Bevin issued earlier this year […]

September 28, 2016

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