Damon Thayer Archives

Shorter days and colder temperatures are evidence of autumn and the impending arrival of the holiday season. Kentucky residents from communities across the bluegrass have completed, or will complete, their civic duty by visiting their local polling station and casting votes for those they wish to represent them in local, state and federal office. Having exercised our sacred voting rights on November 8, we celebrate the very individuals who defend the rights unique to American citizens.

When our commonwealth and state government were founded in 1792, the world was much different than it is today. We live in a world where information travels rapidly, breaking news is at our fingertips, and we travel with ease in comparison to the days of horses and buggies. Our nation and state’s founding principles remain the same: self-governance and a government of, by and for the people.

Thayer Championed ARPA Funding Allocations to Help Tourism Recovery and Growth Following Negative Impacts of Pandemic Restrictions FRANKFORT, KY (September 29, 2022) — Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, was joined today by fellow Kentucky General Assembly legislators and Kentucky’s tourism and travel industry representatives for a $75 million ceremonial check presentation representing allocations made by lawmakers in the 2022 state budget.

Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, (R-Georgetown), joined Grant County Judge/Executive Chuck Dills and magistrates Shawna Coldiron, Roger Humphreys and Jacqalynn Riley Monday afternoon for a ceremonial check presentation for $23.7 million. The check is representative of road fund allocations authorized by the Kentucky General Assembly in the 2022 Legislative Session.

On Sunday, September 11, America stood in remembrance of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and an open field in Pennsylvania. 

Kentucky officials, residents and many from outside our state’s borders turned their full attention to the desperate needs of our fellow Kentuckians when historic flooding ravaged eastern Kentucky in July.

Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, and State Representative Phillip Pratt, R-Georgetown, presented a $5 million ceremonial check to the Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Services (GMWSS) Tuesday morning representing investments made by the Kentucky General Assembly. The funding will support a project identified in the GMWSS five-year Capital Improvements Program.

Organization Aims to Construct an Operational Warehouse to Support Feeding Program — Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer presented a $500,000 ceremonial check to the AMEN House in Georgetown Tuesday to represent investments made by the Kentucky General Assembly. The mission of the AMEN House is to end hunger in Scott County.

On Friday morning, Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer and State Representative Phillip Pratt presented a ceremonial check to the Scott County Fiscal Court for $32 million. The 2022 General Assembly allocated the funding in this year’s biennial road plan for needed projects in Scott County. Senator Thayer, R-Georgetown, played an instrumental role in securing these vital funds.

Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, and Senator Steve West, R-Paris, attended the quarterly meeting of the Kentucky Horse Park Commission this afternoon where they presented a ceremonial check in the amount of $21 million in funding. The funds were allocated to the park in the 2022 state budget enacted during the 2022 Legislative Session.