WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Chairman Bilirakis Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing on American Leadership in Manufacturing Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled AI in Manufactu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie and Vice Chairman Joyce Announce Creation of Privacy Working Group Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced the establishment of a comprehensive da  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Comer: DOGE Subcommittee is Exposing Government Waste, Identifying Solutions House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered an opening statement at the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency's (DOGE) first hearing titled "The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud." In his remarks, Chairman Comer c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Comer: DOGE Subcommittee is Exposing Government Waste, Identifying Solutions House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered an opening statement at the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency's (DOGE) first hearing titled "The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * DOGE Subcommittee Chairwoman Greene Opens First Hearing with a Vow to Fight the War on Waste Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene delivered an opening statement at the Subcommittee's first hearing titled "The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payme  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 13 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) is reviewing East Kentucky Power Cooperative's (EKPC) proposals to significantly expand its electricity generation capacity. EKPC has filed two separate applications with the PSC, outlining plans for new power plants and upgrades to existing facilities. The first application, filed in September 2024 (Case No. 2024-00310), proposes the construction of a new generation station using Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 3, 2025, from the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities * * * To: Ms. Tirzah Glebes and Mr. John Towe Drinking Water Infrastructure Development Division Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20460 * * * Dear Ms. Glebes and Mr. Towe, The Council of Infrastructure Financing  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 3, 2025, from Kentucky Resources Council, Frankfort, and Siera Club, Oakland, California: * * * To: Jeaneanne Gettle Regional Administrator US EPA, Region 4 RE: Air Quality Designations; KY; Redesignation of the Kentucky Portion of the Louisville, KY-IN 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment; Docket ID EPA-R04-OAR-2022-0789; Proposal at 90 Fed. Reg. 294 (Jan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: America's Welfare State Needs Immediate Reform The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing titled "Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part 1" to scrutinize the enormous expansion of welfare programs over the last 60 years and evaluate strategies to reform deficiencies in the welfare sys  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: DOGE Subcommittee's First Hearing Uncovers Billions Lost to Fraud and Improper Payments, Launches "War on Waste" The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) held its inaugural hearing today titled "The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud" to investiga  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Feb. 13 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted partial confidential treatment to certain documents filed by Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation in its ongoing rate adjustment case (Case No. 2024-00085). The decision addresses Jackson Purchase Energy's motion for confidentiality regarding information provided in response to requests from Commission Staff and the Attorney General. Initially, Jackson Purchase Energy sought confidential treatment for a cont  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Feb. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Plea Agreement Includes Terrorism Enhancement to Charges * * * Jairo Jaime Tinajero, 25, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Western District of Kentucky to the following charges contained in the superseding information: racketeering conspiracy, online enticement, three counts of production of child sexual abuse material, three counts of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has released the following public communication on Feb. 5, 2025, from BAWAC Inc., Florence, Kentucky: * * * Our organization uploaded/submitted a formal letter in response to the proposed elimination of 14(c), but also wanted to submit the content of that letter in plain text format. Please accept this letter as public comments in response to DOL's proposed elimination of the 14(c) rule. We believe that 14(c) is in nee  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Comments on Gabbard Nomination Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement today on the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence: "The Senate's power of advice and consent is not an option; it is an obligation, and one we c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The FBI issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Member of the 764 Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Other Charges Plea Agreement Includes Terrorism Enhancement to Charges Jairo Jaime Tinajero, 25, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Western District of Kentucky to the following charges contained in the superseding information: racketeering conspiracy, online enticement, three counts of production of child sexual abuse materi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Member of the 764 Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Other Charges Plea Agreement Includes Terrorism Enhancement to Charges Jairo Jaime Tinajero, 25, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Western District of Kentucky to the following charges contained in the superseding information: racketeering conspiracy, online enticement, three counts of production of ch  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release: * * * New tool provides near-real-time data on business conditions in the region served by the Cleveland Fed The public can now access near-real-time data on regional business conditions using a new Cleveland Fed charting tool built from the Summary of Regional Conditions and Expectations, or SORCE. The SORCE indexes have helped inform the Cleveland Fed's Beige Book and monetary policy effort  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has announced on Feb. 6, 2025, that it has dismissed a protest filed by OSST, LLC, d/b/a Ocular Surface Support & Training, of Lexington, Kentucky. OSST protested the Defense Health Agency's (DHA) decision to reject its unsolicited proposal for a centralized, federal referral transplant center for government patients. OSST argued that the DHA's evaluation of its unsolicited proposal was flawed, emphasized the unique nature of its  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Massie Introduces Legislation to End Taxpayer-Funded Censorship Programs Representative Thomas Massie announces the introduction of H.R. 1233, legislation designed to prohibit the expenditure of taxpayer funds on programs that censor the free speech of Americans. "Were it not for Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, claims of government censorship of online speech would be dismissed," said Re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * T&I Republican Leaders Applaud Trump Administration for Efforts to Rescind Unlawful Biden GHG Rule Republican leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today applauded the Trump Administration for effectively killing the Biden Administration's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measure rule it   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville, Paul Affirm Alabamians' Right-to-Work WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) in reintroducing the National Right to Work Act to preserve and protect the rights of individual employees to choose whether or not to form, join, or assist labor organized unions. Sen. Tuberville cosponsored this legislation last Congress. "No one sh  more