Gov. Andy Beshear and Congressman Andy Barr joined Mayor Linda Gorton and Secretary Gray to officially cut the ribbon on the new 2.2 mile trail downtown.
It’s been a decade in the making Lexington’s ambitious Town Branch Commons Trail. Thursday marked the debut of the new artery in the heart of downtown.
B.U.I.L.D. has called on Mayor Linda Gorton to implement the Group Violence Intervention Strategy, which the group's leaders said have helped cities across the country reduce homicides.
Pension Reform Success Stories Most states and many municipalities have passed some kind of pension reform in recent years, but only a few did so in a way that addresses the immediate unfunded liability of their plans.
Plus: Has pension reform gone too far? Brian Peteritas | April 2013
For Chris Bartley, the turning point in Lexington, Ky.’s pension deal came when the city finally budged. The longtime firefighter and union chief was slow to trust politicians. So he stood his ground and well into fall 2012, Bartley and other representatives returned again and again to the negotiating table. Tasked with fixing the city’s looming pension debt created by slow revenue growth and soaring entitlement costs, they had made no progress.