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Resolution would create KY DOGE Task Force
Resolution would create KY DOGE Task Force March 6, 2025 Rep. T.J. Roberts, R-Burlington, listens as a member of the House State Government Committee asks a question about House Concurrent Resolution 50. The resolution would establish the Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency (KY DOGE) Task Force. A high-resolution photo can be found here. FRANKFORT…
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Kentucky Republicans take aim at conversion therapy as bill to end protections advances
LGBTQ+ youth in Kentucky are a step closer to losing one of the very few protections they have from their state government. Kentucky’s GOP-dominated House voted Wednesday afternoon to end Gov. Andy Beshear’s 2024 executive order banning conversion therapy and to block future restrictions on the discredited counseling practice until 2028. They voted largely…
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Committee approves parent accountability bill
Committee approves parent accountability bill March 5, 2025 Rep. Robert Duvall, R-Bowling Green, speaks on House Bill 621 before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee on Wednesday. Parents of children adjudicated for terroristic threatening could be fined under the legislation. A high-resolution photo can be found here. FRANKFORT — Parents of children adjudicated…
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Bill to lower age for learners’ permits clears Senate committee
Bill to lower age for learners’ permits clears Senate committee March 5, 2025 House Majority Floor Leader Steven Rudy, R-Paducah, speaks on House Bill 15, a measure that would make 15-year-olds eligible for an instruction permit to drive a vehicle. With him is Brooks Young of Franklin County. A high-resolution photo can be found…
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Senate advances accountability, transparency bill
Senate advances accountability, transparency bill March 5, 2025 Sen. Michael J. Nemes, R-Shepherdsville, speaks on Senate Bill 257, a measure that calls for accountability and transparency in state operations. (Editor’s note: Nemes is wearing ashes on this forehead for Ash Wednesday.) A high-resolution photo can be found here. FRANKFORT — A measure that calls…
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Senate committee approves school employee misconduct bill
Senate committee approves school employee misconduct bill March 4, 2025 Sen. Lindsey Tichenor, R-Smithfield, speaks about Senate Bill 181 during Tuesday’s Senate Families and Children Committee meeting. The bill would require Kentucky’s public school districts to implement policies for using only traceable forms of communications between staff, coaches, and volunteers and their students. A…
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Senate advances bill to boost film industry
Senate advances bill to boost film industry March 4, 2025 Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, speaks Tuesday on Senate Bill 1, which would establish the Kentucky Film Office within the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. A high-resolution photo can be found here. FRANKFORT — A bill that seeks to boost Kentucky’s film industry received…
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House committee advances D.E.I. ban bill
House committee advances D.E.I. ban bill March 4, 2025 Cutline: Rep. Jennifer Decker, R-Waddy, presents House Bill 4 before the House Postsecondary Education Committee on Wednesday. The legislation would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion (D.E.I.) initiatives at public postsecondary institutions. A high-res version is available here. FRANKFORT — A bill that would prohibit diversity,…
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Senate Health Services Committee advances medical conscience bill
Senate Health Services Committee advances medical conscience bill March 3, 2025 Sen. Donald Douglas, R-Nicholasville, speaks about Senate Bill 132 during Monday’s Senate Health Services Committee meeting. The bill would prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience. With Douglas is Dr. Bill Wehrman. A high-resolution photo…
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This Week at the State Capitol
This Week at the State Capitol Key bills on NIL, workplace safety and religious liberty move forward February 28, 2025 Senate Majority Floor Leader Max Wise, R-Campbellsville, speaks at a press conference Thursday on Senate Bill 3, which seeks to update Kentucky’s name, image and likeness law for college athletes. A high-resolution photo can…