Republished from WEKU. Several businesses that sell vapes, as well as the Kentucky Hemp Association and Kentucky Vaping Retailers Association, are suing the state government over House Bill 11,...
Republished from WEKU. Kentucky’s so-called “momnibus” bill to expand health care access for pregnant patients and new mothers was introduced in January and given priority status by Republican leadership....
Republished from WEKU. A contentious proposal supported by anti-abortion activists was added to a bipartisan maternal health bill late last week in an unexpected move that Democrats and the...
Republished from WEKU. A controversial bill that would tighten eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has an unclear future. House Bill 367 got the Kentucky House of...
Republished from WEKU. A Kentucky Senate committee greenlit legislation Wednesday that would let doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health workers refuse to participate in a medical service if it...
Republished from WEKU. Republican state Sen. Danny Carroll of Benton rolled out a $165 million plan Tuesday to build at least three new juvenile detention facilities across Kentucky, among...
Republished from WEKU. Kentucky lawmakers reduced the scope of a proposal that originally could have eliminated citizens’ access to many types of government documents. House Bill 509 would’ve redefined...
Republished from WEKU. President Joe Biden’s administration invited Gov. Andy Beshear to highlight the way Kentucky officials took bipartisan action to change how pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, operate...
Republished from WEKU. The Kentucky Senate is moving forward with a bill that would apply child support payments to pregnancy, although the latest version of the proposal assuages some...
Republished from WEKU. The Kentucky House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve House Bill 367, which would reinstate a financial asset test and make income requirements more restrictive for...
