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• Governor Beshear makes appointments to Boards and Commissions
  Friday, November 20, 2009
  Gov. Steve Beshear has made new appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions.
• Gov. Beshear, First Lady help “Feed the Need” as part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
  Friday, November 20, 2009
  Leading by example, Gov. Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear visited God’s Pantry Food Bank today to volunteer distributing food as part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Kentucky.
• ‘Controlled movement’ led to inmate riot at Northpoint, report says
  Friday, November 20, 2009
  FRANKFORT, Ky – Inmates reacted to the implementation of restrictions in their movement at the Northpoint Training Center in August by setting fires in dorms, destroying property and busting out windows, causing one of the most destructive prison riots in Kentucky history, according to a report released today by the Department of Corrections.
• ‘Controlled movement’ led to inmate riot at Northpoint, report says
  Friday, November 20, 2009
  Inmates reacted to the implementation of restrictions in their movement at the Northpoint Training Center in August by setting fires in dorms, destroying property and busting out windows, causing one of the most destructive prison riots in Kentucky history, according to a report released today by the Department of Corrections.
• State employee charity bucks the trend, exceeds last year’s collection
  Friday, November 20, 2009
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 19, 2009) – Although many human services nonprofit organizations are being forced to cut services and expenses due to a decrease in fundraising efforts, the 2009 Kentucky Employees Charitable Campaign (KECC) managed to surpass the amount raised in 2008.
• State Parks Cottages Open At 13 Parks During Holiday Break
  Friday, November 20, 2009
  Looking to get away for a few days and do something different for the holidays? The Kentucky State Parks invite you to stay with them at one of their cottages at 13 resort parks between Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, 2009.
• Statement from Gov. Beshear on Harley-Davidson
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
• Governor Beshear makes judicial appointments
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
  Gov. Steve Beshear today announced the following judicial appointments to serve until the general election on Nov. 2, 2010.
• Commonwealth Christmas tree delivered to State Capitol
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
  The Finance and Administration Cabinet, along with the Frankfort Plant Board, today delivered the Commonwealth Christmas tree to the State Capitol. The tree will stand in front of the State Capitol and will be lit during the Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting on Monday, November 30.
• Kentucky’s jobless rate increases to 11.2 percent in October
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
• Governor’s Garden expands to include fruit trees
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
  Today students from Western Hills High School’s Agricultural Education classes and the Future Farmers of America (FFA) club worked with Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary Jonathan Miller to plant 24 fruit trees as an expansion of the Governor’s Garden, located on the grounds of the state-owned Berry Mansion.
• Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care in Harrison, Kenton and Pendleton counties
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
  Six Kenton County Citizen Foster Care Review Boards and the Harrison/Pendleton County Citizen Foster Care Review Board need volunteers to review cases of children placed in foster care because of abuse, dependency and neglect to ensure they are placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible.
• Meeting Advisory-Kentucky Sports Authority
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
• Governor, officials dedicate $10.6 million highway project in Morehead
  Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  Gov. Steve Beshear today “signed off” on a $10.6 million upgrade to the Woody May Highway (KY 519) in Rowan County, penning his signature on a commemorative road sign to mark the project’s completion.
• Kentucky receives stimulus dollars to identify green jobs, provide career path assistance
  Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  Gov. Steve Beshear today announced that the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet applied for and received more than $1.2 million in competitive stimulus grant dollars through the State Labor Market Information (LMI) Improvement grant program to be used to identify opportunities for and determine what training is necessary to prepare Kentuckians for green jobs.