By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, March 19, 2021 — This week’s 30-day Regular Session activity ended with dozens of bills on the Governor’s desk. Having already completed 28 legislative days, both the House and the Senate raced to approve bills through the process until the figurative and literal eleventh hour. This week marked […]
Dear Editor, The League of Women Voters of Kentucky is urging the Kentucky General Assembly to support and commit to an open redistricting process by allowing public input and comment. Utilizing census data compiled every ten years, the General Assembly is required to redraw district boundaries for Kentucky’s seats in the U.S. House (6), State […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, March 2, 2021 — The recent ice storm and snow falls required continuous efforts by the county road department to keep the roadways passable; those efforts also consumed a substantial amount of the county’s supply of road salt. That was the report Nelson Fiscal Court received […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, March 1, 2021 — As we begin March, it is hard to believe that this will be our last full week of this year’s session. Last Wednesday was the last day lawmakers could file new legislation and though this is considered a short session, nearly 900 bills have […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 — Nelson County Judge Executive Dean Watts made it crystal clear after winning his last election in 2018: This will be his last term at the head of county government. People who know Watts say he’s implied that me might not run for […]
By JIM WATERSBluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021 — This week’s column was supposed to analyze Gov. Andy Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth and Budget address. However, that speech was delayed by the chaos that erupted on Capitol Hill during Congress’ attempt to certify the Electoral College votes cast in the […]
By JIMMY HIGDON14th District State Senator Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 — Kentuckians came through in a big way during the 2020 general election. The state set a strong standard for how an election should be run. Impressively, and to the credit of Kentucky’s hard working and dedicated County Clerks’ Office staff, volunteers, and the Secretary […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 — The level of interest in Tuesday’s General Election was evident at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday evening at the voting center at the main branch of the Nelson County Public Library, with dozens of voters lined up to cast their votes. The line stretched […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, 7:30 p.m. — WBRT AM/FM will begin live Election 2020 coverage starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday. “Bradford & Brooks” hosts Margie Bradford and Jim Brooks will be watching state and national results as well as waiting for local election numbers which will decide a number […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, 7 p.m. — Nearly 13,000 Nelson County cast their votes during the expanded early voting period these past three weeks. According to the Nelson County Clerk’s office, 12,944 people casts their votes during the three weeks of early voting at the main branch […]
