Today's News

The 2013 General Assembly concluded March 30, but last week Gov. Steve Beshear indicated he may call a special session to deal with redistricting.
“I hope to deal with redistricting sometime before the next regular session in January so that it will not be a distraction when we’re preparing the budget for the commonwealth for the next two years,” Beshear was quoted as saying in Lexington Herald-Leader’s Bluegrass Politics Blog.

The Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission was scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. The only item on the agenda is an executive session under KRS 61.810(f), which deals with possible hiring, firing or disciplinary action.
The commission is searching for a replacement for outgoing tourism director Nicky Reynolds, who has accepted an offer to become the vice president of the Rutherford County Convention and Visitors Bureau in Tennessee.

Marion County Judge/Executive John G. Mattingly presented the first draft of the 2013-14 budget during the May 2 meeting of the Marion County Fiscal Court.
The initial proposal shows $14.59 million in revenue and expenses for the next fiscal year. The general fund is projected to be $6.64 million.
The court tentatively scheduled a work session for June 8 to work on any revisions to the budget. The magistrates must approve two readings of the budget before it is approved, and the budget must be approved by the end of June.
In other business:

Lebanon Middle School was recently named one of the 2013 Kentucky Schools to Watch. There are currently only 13 schools statewide and 400 schools nationally that have achieved this honor. It puts LMS in an elite group of schools that have proven to be “academically excellent.”
The Schools to Watch program is part of an initiative developed and guided by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform.