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• Businesses’ Annual Reports Available, Office Implements More Cost-Effective Notification Process
  Monday, January 05, 2009
  Kentucky business entities now have access to their annual reports, including business entities that are required to file annual reports for the first time. Business entities registered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky can obtain their 2009 annual reports immediately by visiting the Kentucky Secretary of State’s website.
• MEDIA ADVISORY
  Monday, January 05, 2009
  The Kentucky Department of Revenue will hold a special examination on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, for prospective candidates for the office of Property Valuation Administrator (PVA) for Christian, Clinton, Estill, Fayette, Hardin, Lewis, Meade and Owsley counties.
• Attorney General Conway Settles Allegations Of Predatory Lending With Countrywide Mortgage Company
  Monday, January 05, 2009
  Attorney General Jack Conway today announced a settlement resolving allegations of predatory lending practices against Countrywide Financial Corporation. Kentucky has joined other states requiring this sub-prime lender to provide loan modifications to assist up to 395,000 borrowers nationwide from a foreclosure relief fund of $150 million.
• Workshops provide tools for managing energy costs in Kentucky schools
  Monday, January 05, 2009
  The rising cost of energy and increases in energy consumption continue to challenge school district budgets across the commonwealth.
• Attorney General Conway Reaches Settlement with Green Farm Resort and Lafayette Golf Course
  Monday, January 05, 2009
  Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that an agreement has been reached regarding the Green Farm Resort and Lafayette Golf Course near Leitchfield in Grayson County.
• Attorney General Conway Announces $425-million Settlement with Cephalon, Inc.
  Monday, January 05, 2009
  Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that his Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Control Unit has recovered $2.37 million from Pennsylvania-based Cephalon, Inc., one of the world’s top ten biotechnology pharmaceutical companies.
• Governor Launches Campaign to Urge Kentuckians to Apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit
  Monday, January 05, 2009
  Governor Steve Beshear announced today a campaign to encourage more Kentuckians to apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a refundable federal tax credit for low- and middle-income working individuals and families.
• Officials from Two Kentucky Oil and Gas Companies Arraigned on Charges of Defrauding Investors of $3 Million
  Wednesday, December 31, 2008
  The Office of the United States Attorney Eastern District of Kentucky announced that six officials from Target Oil and Gas and Kentucky and Indiana Oil and Gas companies were arraigned in U.S. District Court for an indictment accusing the defendants of defrauding their investors of more than $3 million. The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions assisted in the investigation of this case.
• Gov. Beshear makes appointments to Boards and Commissions
  Wednesday, December 31, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has made new appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions.
• Jeff Derouen Named as Executive Director at Kentucky PSC - Effective January 1, 2009
  Tuesday, December 30, 2008
  The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has named Jeff Derouen as its executive director, effective Thursday.
• Stephanie Stumbo Named to ABC Post
  Tuesday, December 30, 2008
  Stephanie Stumbo has been named malt beverage administrator in the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
• Gov. Beshear calls upon pension systems to give relief to cities, counties
  Tuesday, December 30, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear today said he is asking the state’s retirement system boards to enact policy changes that will provide more than $37 million in immediate relief to cities, counties and school districts struggling with shortfalls in the wake of the country’s financial crisis.
• Governor Beshear Recognizes Sacrifice of Fort Campbell Casualty
  Monday, December 29, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of Cpl. Charles P. Gaffney Jr., a Fort Campbell soldier who died Dec. 24, 2008, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
• It’s Time to End Cervical Cancer
  Monday, December 29, 2008
  More women in Kentucky should join the fight to end cervical cancer by getting vaccinated and undergoing regular screenings for the disease, the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) announced today. Women age 9 to 26 years old can receive a vaccine to prevent the human papillomavirus (HPV) linked to cervical cancer.
• Make Giving Up Tobacco Your News Year’s Resolution
  Monday, December 29, 2008
  Each year many people use the beginning of the new year to make positive changes in their lives. Some people will make resolutions to lose weight, get in shape, save money or quit smoking. If your New Year’s resolution is to remove tobacco from your life, Kentucky’s Tobacco Quit Line, 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669) can help you reach that goal.