(Editor’s Note: Former Lexington Herald and Louisville Courier-Journal sportswriter Mike Ruehling, who served as press secretary for Sen. Wendell Ford for part of his time in office, was quite involved in planning a Presidential Inauguration. Senator Ford was on the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies charged with planning the inauguration. In fact, Senator Ford was on five Inauguration planning […]
My sister had to do some reading; I wanted to make her but then she already had done it
My sister, Anne, is on a public agency board in New Haven, KY. We were talking last week and she told me she had to think of me and Open Meetings and Open Records. I was puzzled until she told me she was doing some reading from a booklet she received when the agency members were sworn into office. “It […]
FCC seeks public comments by January 24 on broadband project
The FCC is seeking public comment on how to best administer a new $3.2 billion emergency broadband benefit program to assist consumers with broadband internet costs during the current COVID-19 emergency. The program is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and aims to provide consumers with up to $50 a month, through carrier subsidies, to use on internet services and associated equipment. The benefit would increase to $75 per month for consumers on Federally-recognized Tribal lands. Participating providers that also supply […]