Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 20:01:45 GMT -6
Lexington prepares for lawmakers convention featuring Calipari, Carville
FRANKFORT -- State lawmakers from across the South will be in Lexington July 9-13 for a conference that will include speeches by University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari and the dynamic political duo of Mary Matalin and James Carville.
Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, who will preside over the conference in wrapping up his year as its chair, said the 70th annual event is estimated to impact Lexington’s economy by more than $5 million.
It is designed, he said, to allow Southern legislators to share information and find solutions to the challenges in the region.
The last time the Southern Legislative Conference was held in Kentucky was in 2006 in Louisville. Founded in 1947, the SLC operates under The Council of State Governments and comprises the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article86106912.html
FRANKFORT -- State lawmakers from across the South will be in Lexington July 9-13 for a conference that will include speeches by University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari and the dynamic political duo of Mary Matalin and James Carville.
Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, who will preside over the conference in wrapping up his year as its chair, said the 70th annual event is estimated to impact Lexington’s economy by more than $5 million.
It is designed, he said, to allow Southern legislators to share information and find solutions to the challenges in the region.
The last time the Southern Legislative Conference was held in Kentucky was in 2006 in Louisville. Founded in 1947, the SLC operates under The Council of State Governments and comprises the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article86106912.html