Documents tagged with Beshear

Kentucky Gets $651 Million Obama Bucks

Kentucky will receive $651 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) program, Gov. Steve Beshear announced today. The new, on...
  • Journal Kentucky Lexington Monitor published this 07 / 28 / 2009
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State University Boards Get Some New Appointees

Governor Steve Beshear filled vacancies on nine state university boards and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education which is studying how to make college more affordable. Appointments w...
  • Journal Kentucky Lexington Monitor published this 07 / 07 / 2009
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Gov License Policy

On May 27, 2009, Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the Kentucky State Police to reverse a decision to end the longstanding policy of offering the written driver’s license test in multiple languages. Th...
  • Journal Kentucky Lexington Monitor published this 05 / 28 / 2009
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[Press Release] PPA Statement on Commonwealth of Kentucky Appeal of Domain Name Seizure Ruling (01/2

John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today issued the following statement ...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 01 / 21 / 2009
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[Press Release] New Info on Domain Name Seizure Case (11/13/08)

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Distribution New Info on Domain Name Seizure Case WASHINGTON, DC. (November 13, 2008) – Several parties involved in the Kentucky domain name seizure case filed briefs ye...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 11 / 13 / 2008
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[Press Release] PPA Disappointed in Ruling in KY Domain Name Seizure Case

WASHINGTON, DC. (October 16, 2008) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide and more than 16,000 members in the C...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 10 / 16 / 2008
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[KY] Bluegrass Institute calls emergency summit

The Bluegrass Institute, along with several other state and national groups who oppose Kentucky’s recent seizure of 141 Web site domain names, is calling an emergency summit in Frankfort to discuss...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 10 / 03 / 2008
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PPA Statement on Positive Court Ruling in KY Seizure of Poker Websites Case

WASHINGTON, DC. (September 26, 2008) – John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nation-wid...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 09 / 26 / 2008
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[Press Release] PPA Submits Amicus Brief in KY Online Gambling Case, Continues Grassroots Deluge on

WASHINGTON, DC. (September 26, 2008) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today submitted an amicus brief to...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 09 / 26 / 2008
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[Press Release] Kentucky Takes Queue from China: Censors Internet

WASHINGTON D.C.– A ruling issued last week in Kentucky by the Franklin County Circuit Court orders the seizure of over 140 internet gaming websites. The lawsuit, supported by Gov. Beshear, was file...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 09 / 25 / 2008
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[Press Release] PPA Statement on Kentucky Seizure of Poker Websites

WASHINGTON, DC. (September 23, 2008) – John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nation-wid...
  • pokerplayersalliance published this 09 / 23 / 2008
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Executive Order Restores Pedophile's Civil Rights

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear Restores Civil Rights of Convicted 12- Count Notorious Pedophile, Ron Berry Ron Berry was convicted of 12 counts of sodomy against children and cost Lexington o...
  • lexpublius published this 08 / 28 / 2008
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