In cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution and the Kentucky Humanities Council, the City of Morgantown has brought the exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America to our community. This educational display is available to small cities across America.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today announced that the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is awarding the Butler County Drug-Free Coalition a $125,000 grant to help prevent youth substance use.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (December 11, 2020) – The Senate Majority Caucus has announced its committee assignments for the 2021 General Assembly. Senator C.B. Embry (R-Morgantown) will serve as chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2020) – Butler County Farm Bureau was recognized during the 101st Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) annual meeting in Louisville for its outstanding membership and program achievement in 2020. The award honors county Farm Bureau offices that meet the company’s profitability requirements and whose insurance policy growth meets or exceeds its annual growth goal.
Louisville, KY (December 3, 2020) – Recognized for the achievements of its Women’s Program this year, Butler County Farm Bureau received the 2020 Gold Star Award of Excellence from Kentucky Farm Bureau.
FRANKFORT---Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between October 2019 and October 2020, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Butler Count’s rate for October 2020 is 6.8 percent. It was 5.2 percent in September and was 4.2 percent in October of 2019.
Kentucky fared extremely well in an annual ranking of states’ ethics provisions and enforcement, garnering a seventh-place finish. Kentucky’s ranking was based on legislative and executive branch ethics laws enacted by the Kentucky General Assembly.
One way students can help pay the cost of education after high school is through a work-study program, according to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA).
FRANKFORT-– A report released on Tuesday, December 1, by the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions looks back over the past 40 years to demonstrate how Kentucky has fallen short in creating the robust economic growth generated by competitor states and provides several recommendations to place the commonwealth on a path towards a whole new level of opportunity for Kentuckians.
