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Kentucky. Ms.Baker Pre-Ap class. Nickname of State. The nickname of Kentucky is the bluegrass state. State Governor. The governor Steven L. Beshear was elected governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in November 2007.
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Kentucky Ms.Baker Pre-Ap class
Nickname of State • The nickname of Kentucky is the bluegrass state.
State Governor • The governor Steven L. Beshear was elected governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in November 2007. • An attorney by profession, Gov. Beshear has a long background in public service, having served as a state representative in the Kentucky General Assembly, attorney general and lieutenant governor prior to being elected governor. • To each of these positions he has brought a foundation of integrity and ethics, as well as a deeply felt commitment to improving the lives of fellow Kentuckians. • During three terms as state representative, Beshear helped modernize the Kentucky Judicial System and proposed legislation that resulted in the modernization and more than doubling of neo-natal capacities at the University of Kentucky Hospital. • As attorney general, Beshear saved countless taxpayer dollars by successfully cracking down on statewide food stamp fraud and pursued several controversial investigations involving state government employees. of Kentucky is Steve Beshear.
Major Industries • Kentucky is well known for breeding horses Natural resources including oil and coal.
Motto • United we stand, dived we fall.
Capital of Kentucky • The capital of Kentucky is Frankfort.
State song • The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home'Tis summer, the people are gay;The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom,While the birds make music all the day;The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,All merry, all happy, and bright,By'n by hard times comes a-knocking at the door,Then my old Kentucky home, good night! • Chorus • Weep no more, my lady,Oh weep no more today!We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,For the old Kentucky home far away. • They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon,On meadow, the hill and the shore,They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,On the bench by that old cabin door;The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,With sorrow where all was delight;The time has come when the people have to part,Then my old Kentucky home, good night! • Chorus • The head must bow and the back will have to bend,Wherever the people may go;A few more days and the trouble all will endIn the field where sugar-canes may grow;A few more days for to tote the weary load,No matter, 'twill never be light,A few more days till we totter on the road,Then my old Kentucky home, good night
State landmarks • Kentucky gov.com,kentuckytourism.com