Last week brought a flurry of legislative activity in both the House and Senate. With only 11 scheduled days remaining before the two-week veto recess, the legislative process will only speed up from here. Below are highlights of the past week along with information on critical business legislation. Please get involved and make your voice heard – it truly makes a difference.

3 Star Industries, Inc., a Carlisle, Ky.-based manufacturer of utility vehicle enclosures and windshields, recently donated new plexiglas windows for the Kentucky State Police crash trailer.

Shown left to right are: Tpr. David Jones, public affairs officer for KSP Post 6 in Dry Ridge, David Eubanks, co-owner of 3 Star and Matthew Eubanks, an employee of the company.

(Carlisle, Ky.) – Kentucky State Police Post 6 in Dry Ridge and the Nicholas County Sheriff's Office have arrested three male individuals in Nicholas County.

Toyota, PTC Seamless, Custom Food win Trade & Industry Development ’Awards

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Trade & Industry Development, a leading magazine dedicated to site selection, has included three Kentucky companies, Toyota, PTC Seamless and Custom Food Products, in its ninth Annual CiCi (Corporate Investment & Community Impact) Awards.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A 15-year-old sophomore student from Pike County is Kentucky's 2014 Poetry Out Loud state champion and will represent the Commonwealth at the national finals in April.

Fourteen students competed in the Kentucky Poetry Out Loud Finals Thursday in Frankfort. Pictured, from left, are: Kentucky Arts Council Executive Director Lori Meadows; Poetry Out Loud first runner-up, Gabby Thompson, Boyd County High School; state champion,Taryn Syck, Pike County Central High School; and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet Deputy Secretary Lindy Casebier