Government

By James Bruggers
The Courier-Journal
With much at stake for Kentucky and Indiana, the battle over climate pollution intensified in the days before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency planned to unveil its final rules to curb heat-trapping gases from the nation’s power plants.
“Climate change is not a problem for another generation, not anymore,” President Barack Obama said Sunday, as highlights of the rule leaked out of Washington.

The Marion County Board of Education is scheduled to meet in regular session at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at the 21st Century Learning Center, 214 N. Harrison Street in Lebanon.
The agenda includes a discussion of staff drug testing, graduation requirements and the superintendent's evaluation. The evaluation is toward the end of the agenda, and the board is scheduled to go into executive session for the preliminary discussions related to that evaluation. A written evaluation will be presented in open session.
Here is the agenda:
• Call to order
• Pledge of Allegiance/moment of silence

By James Pilcher
The Kentucky Enquirer

A Northern Kentucky state legislator has filed a bill that would prevent the commonwealth from forcing religious figures or organizations from performing same sex marriages, and would protect such organizations and individuals from being sued if they refuse to perform such ceremonies.

The Lebanon City Council is scheduled to hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, July 13, at city hall.

The agenda includes:

• Delegations

• Minutes of previous meetings

• Payment of bills

• Department reports

• Old business

• New business:

- Discussion of the 2015 city property tax rate

- Recommendation for a zoning change