Kentucky Horse Park

Bill moves to let Kentucky Horse Park hire outside merit system, share in local ‘bedroom’ tax

BY: - March 3, 2023

A state legislative panel unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would allow the Kentucky Horse Park to exclude its new hires from the state merit system designed to protect employees from political influence and enable the park to share in the “bedroom tax” collected by hotels, motels and other providers of overnight lodging in Fayette […]

Kentucky Horse Park seeking to exclude new hires from merit system, share in local ‘bedroom’ tax

BY: - December 5, 2022

The Kentucky Horse Park wants state lawmakers to approve legislation that would exclude its new hires from the state merit system designed to protect employees from political influence. It also is seeking enabling legislation to allow the park to tap into the transient or “bedroom” tax collected by hotels, motels and other providers of overnight […]