(The Center Square) – Kentucky’s business community is calling for an increase in the state’s gas tax to boost essential infrastructure across the state. However, it appears the push is
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) â In late November, Henderson Countyâs fiscal court backed an increase in Kentuckyâs gas tax as part of a broader effort to create more money for roads, bridges and other projects.
In approving their local resolution, the elected officials noted that state road funding continues to decline in their western Kentucky county. The measure urged state legislators to act in the upcoming General Assembly to âavoid further erosion of the transportation network.â
Several magistrates spoke in favor of the move. The vote was unanimous.
âWe get it. Everybody gets it,â Henderson County Judge-Executive Brad Schneider said in an interview this week. âYou know, any tax increase is obviously controversial, and opinions are all over either side of the question. But at the county level the impact of not adjusting gas tax revenues is felt every day.â
Guilderland jazz musician releases album of Christmas standards | The Daily Gazette
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This summer, when Al Santoro recorded his first album, he had this in mind: “If we could get each and every person to smile while listening to ‘Christmas in July’ that would be my true accomplishment as a jazz musician during this pandemic,” he said.
Along the way, he pays homage to the late Al Jarreau, his mentor and inspiration, and whose scat jazz singing style he often emulates.
Santoro recruited well-regarded Capital Region musicians to play on “Christmas in July,” recorded in his Guilderland home studio (and released on Nov. 26). It was a tricky proposition adhering to the social distancing guidelines during this COVID-19 pandemic.
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