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With support from educators, top business leaders, law enforcement and retirees, Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday called on lawmakers to pass sports betting legislation to stop Kentucky dollars from flowing to neighboring states and use those funds for needs in Kentucky. “We have a...

Trent Knuckles is publisher of The News Journal. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to allow betting on sporting events across the board in 2018, there’s been high interest in the idea. Initially relegated to Nevada, it’s now been approved by 20 states....

The proposed Cumberland Run quarter horse race track for Corbin still looks like it is going to happen and the state legislature isn’t likely to take any action regarding pension reform this upcoming legislative session although the issue of sports betting as a way to fund the...