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• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System
  Thursday, May 15, 2008
  Governor Steve Beshear has appointed new members to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Kentucky Horse Park Commission
  Wednesday, May 14, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed new members to the Kentucky Horse Park Commission to serve for terms expiring Jan. 14, 2012.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Board of Directors
  Wednesday, May 14, 2008
  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed new members to the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Board of Directors to serve for terms expiring Sept. 11, 2013.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Member to Board of Registration for Professional Geologists
  Wednesday, May 14, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Larry R. Rhodes to serve as a member of the Board of Registration for Professional Geologists.
• Governor Beshear Directs Flags to Remain at Half-Staff
  Tuesday, May 13, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings remain at half-staff in honor of Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis, a Fort Campbell soldier who died May 11 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Lack of Legislative Action on Pension Reform, Revenue Growth Drives Moody’s, Fitch to Revise Kentucky’s Rating Outlook
  Monday, May 12, 2008
  According to recently released reports from two national financial ratings services, Kentucky could be facing long-term negative implications for the state’s debt service. Both Moody’s Investor Service and Fitch revised downward from “stable” to “negative” the outlook for state supported bonds.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to BRAC Task Force
  Friday, May 09, 2008
  Moving forward with his earlier commitment to be prepared for full implementation, Gov. Steve Beshear today announced the members of the Governor’s Task Force on Military Base Realignment. The task force was created by Executive Order on March 26, 2008, in order to supplement the state’s efforts in expediting the federal governments 2005 Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommendations.
• Governor Beshear Directs Flags to Remain at Half-Staff
  Friday, May 09, 2008
  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings remain at half-staff in honor of Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett and Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts, two Fort Campbell soldiers who died May 7 supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Member to Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating Commission
  Thursday, May 08, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Donald A. Colston to serve as a member of the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating Commission.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to the Kentucky Board of Education–
  Thursday, May 08, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed new members to the Kentucky Board of Education.
• Governor Beshear Launches Kentucky’s Adventure Tourism Initiative
  Tuesday, May 06, 2008
  Gov. and Mrs. Steve Beshear today launched Kentucky’s Adventure Tourism initiative in Knott County. This plan opens more areas of the state as tourist destinations for biking, hiking, camping, boating, fishing, hunting, off-roading and horseback riding.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Member to Kentucky Environmental Education Council
  Monday, May 05, 2008
  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Tom FitzGerald to serve as a member of the Kentucky Environmental Education Council. He represents environmental interests.
• Governor Beshear Declares National Tourism Week in Kentucky
  Monday, May 05, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear today declared the week of May 10-18 National Tourism Week in Kentucky, noting the importance of tourism to the state’s economy.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
  Monday, May 05, 2008
  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Heather Johnson to serve as a member of the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
• Governor Beshear Directs Flags to Remain at Half-Staff
  Friday, May 02, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings remain at half-staff in honor of Staff Sgt. Bryan E. Bolander, a Fort Campbell soldier who died April 29 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Governor Beshear Proclaims Day of Prayer
  Thursday, May 01, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear today signed a proclamation declaring May 1 as Day of Prayer in Kentucky.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Governor’s Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee
  Thursday, May 01, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed new members to the Governor’s Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee to serve terms expiring April 14, 2014.
• Governor Beshear Directs Flags to Remain at Half-Staff
  Thursday, May 01, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings remain at half-staff in honor of Staff Sgt. Clay A. Craig, a Fort Campbell soldier who died April 29 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Member to Kentucky Law Enforcement Council
  Wednesday, April 30, 2008
  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed June G. Hudson to serve as a member of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
• Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Kentucky Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists
  Wednesday, April 30, 2008
  Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed new members to the Kentucky Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists to serve for terms expiring Feb. 1, 2010.