Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company are seeking sources of additional generation capacity to meet a potential energy shortfall that will be created by the expected retirements of several coal-fired electric plants. The companies issue a request for proposals last week seeking from 300 to 900 megawatts beginning in 2025 to 2028. Proposals must be for at ...
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Humana filed a new lawsuit in a fight over Kentucky Medicaid contracts
Humana filed a lawsuit against the state over the Medicaid program. Humana Health Plan Inc., a subsidiary of Humana Inc. that operates its Kentucky Medicaid program, has filed another lawsuit in the dispute over the state’s five Medicaid contracts. In the suit filed Dec. 23, Humana alleges that the state violated the new Medicaid contracts when it allowed Long Beach, ...
Read More »Judge over Medicaid dispute: Years-long litigation not in the public interest
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield headquarters in Louisville. The judge presiding over the Kentucky Medicaid contracts controversy gave the eight parties involved a clear directive to resolve the matter promptly for the sake of the public interest in his latest order. Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd also approved the mediator that was proposed by the two state agencies and three ...
Read More »Humana takes Kentucky Medicaid contract fight to the appeals court
Humana Inc. asked the Kentucky Court of Appeals to reconsider a lower court’s order adding the sixth company to the slate of companies that contract with the state to provide Medicaid in the state. A Humana Inc. subsidiary appealed a circuit judge’s order in a lawsuit that challenges whether the state inappropriately awarded its five big-dollar Medicaid contracts. On Tuesday, ...
Read More »Louisville Zoo to consider requests for independent management
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is searching for a new operator. Louisville Metro Government on Wednesday issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for zoo management. According to a news release from the zoo, the RFP says interest could come from for-profit or not-for-profit groups. To submit a proposal, click here. Metro Louisville currently owns the facility but, with the current strains on the ...
Read More »City officials seek new management for Louisville Zoo due to ‘budgetary challenges’
The Louisville Zoo may not be run by the city for much longer. Louisville officials have put out a request for proposals seeking new management for the zoo, citing “budgetary challenges” that city government faces in continuing its operation. Zoo Director John Walczak said in a press release that the RFP process is an “opportunity to explore options” given Metro ...
Read More »RiverLink board seeks new contract for toll collection services
A RiverLink toll gantry LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky and Indiana officials will seek a new contract for RiverLink’s toll collection work and customer service centers, a move that targets the tolling system’s areas of longstanding concern. At a virtual meeting Tuesday, the Kentucky-Indiana Joint Board authorized the Indiana Finance Authority to create a request for proposals for services that are ...
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