US EditionFlags at Half-Staff After Martha Layne Collins' Death
Governor Beshear ordered flags at all Kentucky state offices lowered to honor Collins, who secured Toyota's $400 million investment creating over 9,000 jobs in Scott County.
- On Saturday, Governor Andy Beshear ordered flags at all state office buildings to be lowered to half-staff in honor of former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins, who died at 88, with flags to remain until sunset on the day of interment.
- As Kentucky's first and only female governor, Martha Layne Collins served from 1983 to 1987 and acted as governor for more than 500 days while Lieutenant Governor .
- Toyota's Kentucky plant now employs more than 9,000 employees and produces more than 400,000 vehicles and 700,000 engines, generating more than $11 billion in investment.
- Beshear's office urged individuals, businesses and organizations throughout Kentucky to join in the tribute, while reactions from leaders across both sides of the aisle poured in and arrangements for Collins remain unannounced.
- Supporters remembered Collins as a transformative leader and `powerhouse,’ according to Beshear, who said she `created a foundation for us to build a strong future upon’ that benefits Kentucky families for generations.
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Former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins remembered for bringing Toyota to Georgetown
People in Georgetown and Scott County are remembering former Governor Martha Layne Collins, who died Saturday at the age of 88. She is credited with the difficult task of bringing Toyota to the area, a move that forever changed Scott County."It changed the whole thinking in Scott County," said former Judge-Executive George Lusby.On May 5, 1986, Toyota broke ground in Georgetown for the first wholly owned Toyota manufacturing plant in the U.S. an…
Beshear orders flags to half-staff in honor of former Gov. Martha Layne Collins - WNKY News 40 Television
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear is ordering flags to half-staff in honor of a former Kentucky governor. On Saturday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the death of former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins. According to the governor’s office, Collins was the 56th governor of the Commonwealth and its only woman governor. Collins served in that role from 1983 to 1987. Before her time as governor, officials say Collins served as lieutenant governor fr…
Flags Half-Staff Following Death Of Former Governor Collins
Governor Andy Beshear is asking all flags at state office buildings be lowered to half-staff this week, in honor of the late former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins — who died over the weekend. She was 88 years old. Collins was the 56th governor of Kentucky and is still its only woman to serve in the position. Prior to becoming governor in 1983, she served as lieutenant governor from 1979 until 1983. Beshear called Collins “a powerhouse” a…
Beshear orders flags to half-staff in honor of former Gov. Collins
Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday at the age of 88. In her honor, Governor Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff until…
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