Lower Income Tax is Key to Future Growth
By Kentucky Chamber President and CEO Ashli Watts
Working Kentuckians will notice a slight bump in their first paychecks of 2023, thanks to House Bill 8 from the 2022 legislative session, which puts Kentucky on a path to gradually reduce its personal income tax.
FRANKFORT, KY (January 12, 2023) – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld an injunction against the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate for federal contractors, ruling in favor of the legal challenge brought by Attorney General Cameron alongside Ohio, Tennessee, and two sheriffs from Ohio.
LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root and London City Police Chief Chuck Johnson announce that: On Monday, January 9, 2023 the Laurel County Drug Interdiction Task Force conducted a traffic stop on a 2018 Nissan pickup truck at the south bound exit 38 off ramp of Interstate -75 in London.
2022 was another great year for Kentucky voters. Legislators passed new laws that improve voter access and ballot integrity. Kentucky remains the only state in the union that is making it both easier to vote and harder to cheat. House Bill 564 and Senate Bill 216 passed with bipartisan support, as did House Bill 1, the state budget, which increased funding to improve the election process.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Faith Nicholle Sullivan was sentenced on Jan. 9 to five years and ten months in prison. Sullivan, 28, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on July 12 to assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country.
Cash seized as a result of “Operation Dark Crystal”
HUNTINGDON – An undercover operation spanning 15 months into the sale of illicit drugs throughout Carroll County has resulted in the indictment and arrest of dozens of individuals. During an extensive roundup Tuesday involving numerous local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, various drugs, vehicles, explosive devices, and more than $30,000 in cash were seized, and a search warrant was secured.
