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Under HB 133, as few as 5,000 signatures would trigger a recall election, with a voter referendum deciding the fate of a school district tax hike.

Legislation making it easier to force a school tax recall election advances to Senate Joe Sonka, Louisville Courier Journal © Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal Jefferson County Public Schools demonstrate how the return to in-person learning will be handled in the pandemic. Gutermuth Elementary third grade student Kenya Hannah wears a mask as she boarded a school bus. Feb. 22, 2021 FRANKFORT — A bill to lower the number of petition signatures needed to trigger a recall election for a school district tax increase is one step closer to becoming law, after clearing a Senate com...

Right after Bill Nighbert was sworn in as president of the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) in 2002, he called his then five-year-old son Benton to the stage, and hoisted him above the podium showing the audience of KLC staff and city officials what drove him to public service. “This is why I do what I do … here is the reason I serve,” Nighbert told the audience recalled Kentucky League of Cities CEO/Executive Director J.D. Chaney in a Facebook post. Chaney noted that this moment said a lot about Nighbert. “In my opinion, that moment captured the Bill Nighbert we knew at KLC – dedica...

WILLIAMSBURG — Former Williamsburg Mayor Bill Nighbert passed away on Thursday. Nighbert served as Williamsburg mayor for 10 years during which time he also served as president of the Kentucky League of Cities. In 2004, Nighbert resigned from his position as mayor to take the position of Deputy Commissioner for the Governor’s Office for Local Development. Nighbert was appointed to that position by former Governor Ernie Fletcher and was named Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet the following year. Nighbert showed his love of the youth in his community as he was the president of t...

As state capitals across the country gear up for possible civil unrest surrounding President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, members of northeastern Kentucky’s state delegation said they have no