By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, June 23, 2023 — The Kentucky General Assembly is three weeks into the 2023 Interim Period meetings, and there are many items to update you on. As a reminder, the interim serves as an opportunity for lawmakers and stakeholders to come together to review previously enacted legislation for […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, June 23, 2023 — Video of the special-called meeting of Nelson Fiscal Court on Friday, June 23, 2023. The only item on the agenda was first reading of the ordinance regarding zoning changes for bourbon warehouse projects in Nelson County. The measure was approved 4-0. Magistrate Keith Metcalfe […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 23, 2023 — In a special-called meeting Friday morning, Nelson Fiscal Court approved first reading of zoning regulations regarding the placement and construction of distilled spirits warehouses in Nelson County. The changes remove what is often referred to as “the 2015 100-acre rule” that added […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 23, 2023 — Video of the Tuesday, June 20, 2023 meeting of Nelson Fiscal Court. Running time: Approximately 1 hour, 52 minutes. -30- Please follow and like us:
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, June 22, 2023 — Video of the Tuesday, June 6, 2023 meeting of Nelson Fiscal Court. The meeting ended with an executive session to discuss the sale or acquisition of property. No action was taken in regard to the closed session. Running time: 2 hours, 46 minutes. -30- […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, June 21, 2023 — While the Old Courthouse in the center of Bardstown has long been a hive of activity in the community, workers trying to repair plaster in the ceiling of the building’s stairwell found a hive of another kind — a bee hive. And […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 20, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court magistrates learned Tuesday night the actual price they’ll have to pay per ton to have asphalt delivered and laid on the county’s roadways. County Engineer Brad Spalding had warned the magistrates weeks ago to use $95 a ton as […]
Dear Dave, I bought a house about a year ago. Currently, I have $45,000 sitting in an account with a money manager. I’ve had this account for a little over three years, and the investment hasn’t grown much, if at all. Under the circumstances, and being single, too, would it be better to pull the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, June 15, 2023 — Jim Waters, the president and CEO of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions — a free-market think tank — was the guest co-host on the Wednesday, June 14, 2023, broadcast of WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. The discussion touched on a variety […]
By JIM WATERSBLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS Tuesday, June 13, 2023 — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has declared a “state of emergency” though there’s no hurricane on the horizon or pandemic threatening to break out. Rather, Cooper, a Democrat, is resorting to political stunts to thwart the GOP legislature’s move toward allowing all […]
