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Butler County Fiscal Court met in regular session on Monday, April 11, at the courthouse. All magistrates were in attendance.

Erin Phelps of the Butler County Conservation District presented the annual budget to the Court. Magistrates approved an appropriation of $35,000 for the Butler County Conservation District.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 18, 2022) -Annual unemployment rates decreased in all 120 Kentucky counties in 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.  

Butler County has an annual jobless rate of 4.6% in 2021. The annual jobless rate for Woodford County was the lowest in the commonwealth in 2021 at 3.4%. It was followed by Cumberland County, 3.5%; Oldham and Todd counties, 3.6% each; Green and Scott counties, 3.7% each; and Boone, Carlisle, Logan, and Shelby counties, 3.8% each.

Frankfort, Kentucky (April 18, 2022) – Butler County will receive $25,801,000 in funding for road and infrastructure projects.

This week at the State Capitol

FRANKFORT – It wasn’t until 1992 that a constitutional amendment removed the lieutenant governor as head of the Kentucky Senate and made the General Assembly a fully independent branch of state government.

Since then, few legislative sessions have demonstrated that independence more than the one that concluded this week in Frankfort.

BOWLING GREEN, KY., April 13, 2022 – Envision AESC, a world-leading Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, along with Gov. Andy Beshear, announced today its $2 billion investment to build a new, approximately 3 million square foot, state-of-the-art gigafactory in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Warren County.

Project estimated to cost county $95,685.89; Fourth District Magistrate David Whittinghill casts NO vote; says not enough information contained in quotes.

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April 11, 2022 (Bowling Green, KY) Today, Warren RECC celebrated National Lineman Appreciation Day with our more than 50 linemen located across our eight-county service territory.

Beech Tree News provides courthouse statistics on a regular basis.  Courthouse information provided in this article is a matter of public record.  The following records are from the Butler County Circuit Clerk’s and Butler County Clerk’s offices and covers: 

March 1 – 31, 2022

Nearly 1,000 children and adults in Kentucky are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant

April 4, 2021 – Every April Butler County Circuit Court Clerk, Melissa Cardwell, celebrates National Donate Life Month in partnership with the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust For Life and Donate Life America.