McCarthy Strategic Solutions

09/04/2026

Today, we are celebrating the birthday of our very own John McCarthy! Join us in wishing John an amazing birthday! 🥳🎈

09/04/2026

Great day at Mago Construction Company, member of Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky, in Bardstown earlier this week for an asphalt plant tour. Thank you to Dan Fister for KY State Representative, Candy Massaroni for Nelson County, 50th District State Representative, Walker Wood Thomas, KY State Representative, District 8, and State Representative Joshua Watkins for taking the time to learn more about this important industry!

09/03/2026

Thanks to the Kentucky Derby Festival for having John McCarthy join the KDF Board at the Galt House Hotel to provide a legislative update. We look forward to another wonderful Festival next year!

09/03/2026

On Tuesday, the Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education honored Senator Jimmy Higdon with the KACTE Meritorious Service Award for his dedicated support of career and technical education.

Thank you to Senator Higdon for your service in the Kentucky General Assembly and to CTE, and thank you to the Interim Transportation Committee for having Kentucky ACTE at the table!

09/02/2026

08/29/2026

Another successful Kentucky Optometric Association Road Show earlier this week in Lexington and Bowling Green! Thanks to Senator Amanda Mays Bledsoe, Senator Mike Wilson, Robert Duvall, State Representative- District 17, and State Representative Deanna Frazier Gordon for joining!

08/28/2026

Thanks to Commerce Lexington Inc. for having us today at the Lead Where You Live candidate training! Amy Wickliffe and Sherman A. Brown shared their insights and expertise with a great group of individuals learning what it takes to run for local office.

08/28/2026

🎉 What a conference! Nearly 200 community banking professionals joined us in Lexington for the 2026 BCBA Annual Conference — Banking on Main Street. From incredible speakers to a lively Live PAC & Scholarship Auction, it was three days to remember!
🥂 Congratulations to our incoming Board President Alex Downing, who officially took the gavel from outgoing President Billy Bingham. Thank you, Billy, for your leadership!

🏆 A huge congratulations to our award winners:
🎓 Allison Bynum — Charles D. Bennett Education Scholarship
🎓 Kathy Parker — ICBA NextGen Scholarship
👏 Kathy Samples — Recognized for her dedicated Board service

🙏 A big thank you to our Presenting Sponsors — ICBB, FNBB, and BSC — for making this year's event possible!

We are Main Street. 💙

08/28/2026

McCarthy Strategic Solutions congratulates our own Libby Milligan, recognized by the Kentucky Dental Association as a 2026 Oral Health Champion.

Libby was honored alongside Kentucky legislative leaders Sen. Julie Raque Adams, Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe, Sen. Craig Richardson, Rep. ChadAull4KY, Derek Lewis KY State Representative, and State Representative Ken Fleming for their work supporting dentistry and advancing oral health policy across the Commonwealth.

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees!

08/27/2026

An exciting announcement of expanded cancer care for Kentuckians with the grand opening of the UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center at South Hospital in Bullitt County today! A special thank you to Sen. Mike Nemes for his work on this project and for speaking at the event!