Say, whatever happened to that bill ?
FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers filed more than 1,200 bills this session — the most in more than 20 years — and passed about 215 of them before adjourning Monday,...
Undercurrent of racism propelled this legislative session
If there is a photo that defines Kentucky’s 2024 regular session, it is a smiling Secretary of State Michael Adams signing House Bill 5 — a sprawling, data-questionable, pro-incarceration...
Stripped of controversial amendment, ‘Momnibus’ piggybacks on another bill, wins House OK
FRANKFORT — The maternal health legislation known as “Momnibus” was approved by the Kentucky House after it piggybacked onto another bill on the final day of the 2024 legislative...
Tobacco control comes up short in state budget, while anti-vaping law could increase smoking
FRANKFORT — In a year when the American Cancer Society asked the Kentucky legislature to increase spending on tobacco prevention, lawmakers cut it and passed an anti-vaping bill that...
Kentucky Republicans override Beshear vetoes
FRANKFORT — The GOP-dominated Kentucky legislature easily overrode nearly all of Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes Friday on the next to last day of this year’s legislative session, cementing...
Democrats hope to force vote on abortion exceptions as session winds down
FRANKFORT — Democrats are hoping to force lawmakers to take a stand on loosening Kentucky’s near total ban on abortion before going home Monday. Sen. David Yates, D-Louisville, announced...
Veto of mass incarceration bill gives Kentucky supermajority a shot at redemption
FRANKFORT — As I sort through the remains of this session, I keep returning to something I’ve heard said, only half-jokingly, about Kentucky: We waited until after the Civil...
‘We cannot hold on:’ Kentucky child care providers plead for more help from lawmakers
More than 250 Kentucky child care providers responsible for 150,000 children across the state sent lawmakers a letter Tuesday pleading for more support, saying what’s been proposed in the...
Government transparency decisions await Kentucky lawmakers when they reconvene Friday
FRANKFORT — A bill that open government advocates warn would introduce loopholes into Kentucky’s open records law could make its way to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk when lawmakers...
No money to build new nursing school raises old question: ‘When will it be Kentucky State’s time?’
FRANKFORT — Kentucky State University requested $50 million this year to build a nursing school for its growing class of future health care providers. The legislature ultimately rejected the...